They are protesting sleep

mrskimmieD

I am so exhausted and ready to pull my hair out. 

For a while they have been so good with sleeping.  They would nod off in the AM for about 30 minutes and then take a 3 hour nap and then nod off in the late afternoon for about 20 minutes.  At night they would each sleep from abut 8pm and wake up between 4am - 5:45am and then wake up for the day at 8 or 8:30am.

Beginning this week my daughter is boycotting her big afternoon nap and taking maybe 3 15 minute catnaps - if that.  As soon as I walk into their room because I hear her fussing she starts smiling and laughing and trying to play with me.  My son had been waking up the past few days about 2 extra times for his pacifier (he never wants his pacifier at night) and then last night he woke up 4 times to play.  As soon as I came into their bedroom he had a big smile on and was laughing, squealing and babbling.  He is now also doing this during today's afternoon nap.

I am so tired and really need them both to nap so I can get an hour to do some things around the house.  Has this happened to anyone else?  Anything I can do to get them back to sleeping?