So it is always a hit or miss when it comes to sleep. Abbie will go a while and sleep through the night, and then NOT.
And so far it has been NOT. You would never know it by looking at Abbie. She is so full of energy and happiness, you would never know she is working on just hours of sleep at a time.
From what I know this can be typical behavior for a child with Autism. But I can tell you as a parent it is the most frustrating and hardest part to deal!
Most parents have sleep deprivation during the very early years of childhood, because the child has to eat every so many hours, but then it passes.
I think I have been working on sleep deprivation for nearly 4 years. Course it is so much worse when Abbie routine is broken in some way. It has been even more so since Andy has been sick. Since Andy hasn't been home for long period of time, since October 2012, it has been so much harder.
You see when Abbie routine is messed with in any way, she doesn't get up set. She goes with the flow, but where is shows is in her Sleep. Sleeping for a few hours, waking up upset or happy, then going back to sleep. Sometime multiple times a night.
It is just hard! No one really understand it, has much as parents with children whom have Autism dx.
So I am tired! When I am tired it makes it even harder!
But the best is Abbie is always HAPPY! That is what drives me to keep going!!
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