C. is communicating - but it's exhausting us

A screen grab from the great video clip I mention below

The Hubby and I have been stumped by a brand new challenge that C. is posing these days.

Until a week ago, she slept right through the night almost without exception. And by that I mean 8-10 consecutive hours. Now she has taken to waking us up every couple of hours with a medley of screaming, crying and moaning.

When it was an isolated event, we actually welcomed the interruption to our sleep because, after all,  it's a form of communication with us. And, heaven knows, there precious little of that.

But it's worn out its welcome. I mean, two hours after feeding C., giving her drinks, changing her diaper and turning on the clip of "8 Hours of Soothing Lullabies", what on earth could be bothering her?

Hubby has been the hero, getting up to give C. water and gain us another couple of hours of quiet. Last night, I urged him to wait and C. actually stopped crying and fell asleep again for a few hours.

Maybe it's just a bad habit that needs breaking. I'll let you know how tonight turns out.

And here's a priceless video clip [via YouTube] I chanced on and urge you to watch. It has people with disabilities advocating for in-community living - deinstitutionalization - for themselves. No non- disabled activists take part in it. And it's even humorous. I hope you'll be as impressed with it as we were and that you'll agree it deserves to go viral.