A study in sleep deprivation.

It seems to me that my son is a budding scientist. This month he appears to be performing a sleep deprivation study. You see, he has been waking up anywhere between 11PM and 3AM most every day this month. We've made some interesting discoveries thanks to his research. For example, it only took a week to train myself to wake by 3AM. In fact, I have started waking on my own before he wakes. Also, I no longer feel tired when I wake at a ludicrously early hour. I do, however feel like I'm going to pass out from exhaustion by 6PM. It is rather frustrating when your child gets on such an odd sleep schedule, but you have to adapt. The first few days of this sleep pattern I just kept telling my son to close his eyes and go back to sleep. After about a week I was telling him to just sit still and stop making noise so I could sleep. Then at some point I just started getting up when he did and going to bed when he did. It's so much easier to just roll with it. He's actually getting more than enough sleep, he's just doing it on a new schedule. So I change my routine to suit his needs. And on that note, I need to get to bed so I can get up at 3.