Sleep baby sleep!

Today's wake up call was at 4.53am.  Now that the Dancing Queen can read the time, she can tell me exactly what time she wakes me up.  That came on top of two earlier wake ups last night, though I did not bother to check the time of those.  Having left her just after 10pm, my brain did not want to calculate whether it got a 4 hour stretch of sleep or not. 

What always fascinates/perplexes me is how little sleep she requires.  And what sleep she does get, does not appear to be of the restful slumberland variety.  Sometimes I am not really joking when I say that the Dancing Queen does not have a off switch.  Even when is she is asleep, she is not in off mode. That over active brain off hers does not appear to shut down, and she will continue to have indepth conversations even when asleep, often with more than one person.  The body does not cease its relentless activities either - she kicks and turns all night and most nights can destroy the bed at least a few times. I feel sorry for the teddy bears that inhabit her room - they usually end up seeking refuge under the bed.

At the same time however, if she does ever fall into that deep deep sleep, I worry that she may be unwell as it is almost incredulous that she is so still.  The only other time she is that quiet and peaceful is just as she is about to drift into her own world.  In those instances, she does appear to shut everything down before she vacates this planet.  It then becomes a case of don't bother knocking, as nobody is home.  But once again, she appears happy and content in her own space so where possible we let her be. It would be nice to think she did actually achieve some downtime while absent in her alternative world.