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As some of you know, Wesley is a terrible sleeper. From the time of about nine months he has been a terrible sleeper. In that territory of being a bad sleeper comes poor eating, grouchy, tantrum throwing, sick little Wesley. This no sleep thing has been something that I have been battling for almost two years now. Some days I am not sure how I function because with the amount he wakes up and the time I go to bed I am getting like three hours of sleep.

So Wesley goes to bed. He wakes up and comes to my bed. Then at some point he wants juice. And then he wakes up. And he wants more juice. He snores. Just recently I noticed he quit breathing at random points while he was sleeping. He has to sleep with his head cocked back all the way. He is restless when he does sleep, so therefore he is still not sleeping all that great.

Well I put all this together march some time. I talked to friends and family about what night be going on and if this was "normal" or not. Well I thought something needed to be done or at least checked out. So I called up his pediatrician and next thing ya know we have an appointment with a sleep doctor. Of course, as with any doctor, you have to fill out forms and symptoms and history. Some this is quite difficult for a two and half year old but I did my best. We went to see the doctor. He asked questions. He checked out Wesley and signed us up for a sleep study!

Yep. That's right. A sleep study for a two and half year old who doesn't sleep. I understand it is part of the process but still. I wasn't looking forward to it. So last Thursday. The 18th of April we had Wesley's sleep study. How did it go you ask?

Well we had to be there at 830 pm with no naps after noon that day. We did a lot and visited a lot of friends to stay awake. So we get there. More paperwork. And the. They started to hook Wesley up to all these wires. Wesley was excellent and let her stick wires and stickers all over him. He actually fell asleep while she was doing it. So he was all hooked up and asleep. Until about midnight. He woke up and started ripping wires off. He was screaming and mad. It was heart breaking he was in and out of sleep and screaming for three hours. I just wanted to cry at this point but he finally fell back asleep. They need six hours of data for it to be "successful". The whole time the nurse was like we need more data than this. But there wasn't much I could do. Sometime after four in the morning she told me we only needed ten more minutes. What a relief. I finally fell asleep to be woken up like forty minutes later to be sent home. I am glad we got all the data. I can't imagine doing that again. We find out May sixth what's going on. If anything. I hope we get some answers for this sweet boy.

Prepare to have your heart broken a little by this picture of him with all his "stickers"