Taking on a challenge

Last night during bedtime, everytime Jeremy coughed he would say 'ak'. The first two times he said that, I brought him to the bathroom to throw up. In the bathroom, he would say 'no ak'. Back to the bedtroom.

The third time he coughed, he said 'ak' again. I told him that he isn't going to 'ak' and Mommy isn't bringing him to the bathroom. He threw a tantrum. I was afraid that he would really throw up after all the screaming and crying. So, I told him to go to the bathroom himself because Mommy isn't going to bring him. He woke up and came down the bed, went to the bedroom door, opened the door himself and walked to the bathroom. My! He really went to the bathroom himself. Jason and I were both speechless for a while. Unfortunately, he couldn't open the bathroom door himself yet. So, I followed him and opened the door for him. He was ready to step into the bathroom but I carried him in because the floor was wet. He told me 'stand'. He wanted to stand in the bathroom himself but I explained to him that the floor was wet. As usual, no 'ak', so back to the bedroom.

On the way back, I told him that he is going to lie down on the bed and go to sleep. He did lie down and he still resisted going to sleep after that but not as stubborn. After a few minutes, he asked me to stand and carry him. He felt drowsy while I was carrying him so he asked to 'ie down'. When we were both lying down, he said 'nenen ast time'. After he was satisfied, he went to sleep.

Lately, he's been resisting sleep more and more. It started when we tried to get him to sleep with Aunt Tracy. Also since I told him that one of these days Mommy is going somewhere and won't be home for a few days and that he would have to sleep without nenen the whole night. I told him that he has to learn to stop looking for nenen when he wakes up in the middle of the night, too.

The last few evenings, even before bedtime he would asked us to go upstairs to play in the bedroom. The only reason possible for this is that when we're upstairs we are not distracted by the TV and he has our attention all to himself.

We tried getting him to sing the song 'Lonely' again last night but he didn't want to. He was busy