Adventures as a mom

I couldn't make this up.  Really. So my older son has kind of been a sleep walker for years. I'm not sure you could call what he does even sleep walking. We'd check on him before bed and he'd be asleep in front of the TV, with it on. Not really being awake when he gets up to go to the bathroom, things like that. Recently, he's been getting up more and doing different things. Now he sleep eats with no memory of it at all. So, here's our story from Sunday night. 

I'm laying in bed not sleeping. It's after 10:00 and I'm frustrated with daylight savings. It causes havoc to my sleep cycle. Anyway, everyone is the house is asleep and I hear something. I listen.  Then I hear something else and decide someone is up. I get out of bed and open my door and listen. Nothing. And then another sound. I go into the kitchen and turn on the light. No one. I go into the laundry room and notice that one of the light switches is flipped. I go into the garage and again, nothing. I look at the outside garage door and notice it's unlocked. I turn the light on and go outside. Nothing. I figure maybe our older daughter went out to the car after she got home. Then I have a thought: bed check. I turn the light off, lock the door, and go back inside the house.  I first check my son's bedroom and he's not in there. I figure I'd better check downstairs before I panic. He's not there. I am officially in panic mode. I race upstairs into my bedroom and wake, rather abruptly, my husband up. I tell him our son isn't in bed and I can't find him. He heads out to re-check all the places I've just checked. In the garage he notices what I didn't. Our son's bike is gone. Panic level increases. We head back to the bedroom where my husband grabs shoes, a shirt, and his phone. He opens the garage door and starts the car. Upon pulling out of the garage he notices someone on a bike up the street. Thankfully, it was our son and he was only about a block up the road. And he was asleep. And startled to find himself fully clothed with a hat and jacket on riding his bike. We get him home and safely in bed after giving him melatonin. 

I do not know how much more of this kind of stuff I can take. I figure my husband and I and our genes must have been the perfect storm when it came to our kids. Three of four with ADHD, one with dysgraphia, and now a sleep walker. If he'd have been found by the cops, they would have thought he was high or drunk, not asleep. And I don't think they would have believed him. Right now, this son is taking his test to get his learner's permit to drive. I'm worried someday he'll get up and drive while he's asleep. Ugh!! This is so frustrating. 

The good news is that he saw his doctor last week and we told the doctor. It is documented and the doctor is having him try melatonin and a prescription for something else with a side effect of sleepiness. If we can just get this child to remember to take his medicine before he goes to bed! 

Anyway, that was my mommy moment.  I hope things are going well for you.  Best wishes on your goals and let me know if you have any questions.  Take care!