Camping Trip #2!!

So we left Friday afternoon for our second camping trip of the summer....this time to Lake Fort Smith.  Caeden did great on the drive down there, had fun playing, and slept great that night.  He actually still slept 7:30pm-6:30am even though he was in a camper! 

Then came Saturday...another successful day!  He ate well all day, took two decent naps, loved playing in the pool, and just had fun crawling in the dirt. :)  Then came bedtime....he ate dinner, took a shower, and was laid down at 7am...his normal bedtime.  We were all down by the campfire and at 7:30 I walk up by the camper and hear him in there playing....hmm...that's not normal (or good).  So I gave him his pacifier and he fell fast asleep. 

We finish our evening and all crawl in bed about 10pm.  At 1:00am, Caeden wakes up crying.  I feel that he is wet...through his outfit.  We go to change him in the car, trying not to wake up the other 4 people in our camper or any of our neighbors sleeping in tents.  BUT once we got him all changed, he doesn't want to sleeep!  In his mind, it's playtime!  We put him in his crib anyway and he just happily plays, talks, and laughs.  After about 30 minutes of playing in the dark by himself and realizing we are not playing with him, he starts fussing and crying.  Now, this is totally not normal for Caeden!  He has been sleeping through the night for several months now!  However, if he were ever to do this at home, we would normally leave him in his crib, knowing he would fall quickly back to sleep.  But in our desperate effort not to wake the entire campground, we are trying everything....a bottle, medicine, letting him sleep with us, Nana rocking him, and finally even just letting him cry!  Nothing was working!!!  Most of the time, he wasn't even crying...He seriously just wanted to play!  (Sigh....)

So after 3 hours, we finally decided to pack up and leave the campground at 4:00am!  We figured he would sleep much better at home.  I think he associates our camper with fun and playtime so when he woke up in the middle of the night, he was ready to play.  Sure enough, we put him in the car, and he was sound asleep within 15 minutes.  We got home at 5:00am, put him in his crib, and all slept until 8:00am.  The rest of the day has been a little off but we've survived.  Mommy and Daddy are VERY tired though!  So needless to say, I'm getting ready to go to sleep right now...and praying that tonight is much better! 

After his double ear infection last camping trip, and his nighttime party this camping trip, we are praying the third time's a charm!