Nocturnal patterns

inebriated on the white stuff after a long night of drinking

Eléa's sleep patterns, while perhaps not the hot topic in the editorial pages of major US newspapers, are certainly taken seriously and analyzed in great depth at the Eigler-Thompson residence.  Eléa seems to have settled into a three-period sleep pattern: she sleeps for 4-5 hours starting sometime between 20:00 and 22:00 hours (the use of military time reflects Cindy and Luke's approach to the circumstances at hand), wakes up to feed for an hour, sleeps for another two hours, feeds, and then goes down for her final 2-3 hour sleep, though this third period of sleep often requires a human bed (see photos).  The trick is to get her to sleep right when she's enjoying her post-feed milk coma.  Therefore, when it looks as though her feeding is nearing the end, Luke has to prepare for a fast and furious session of capitalizing on Eléa's dazed state of mind.  If she is given even a few minutes to think, she'll realize that keeping daddy up for the next three hours will certainly prove to be more amusing than falling asleep like an obedient 4-week old.  If this was the good ole 50s, we'd just give Eléa a bit of brandy when things were looking rough, but alas, such tactics are frowned upon these days.

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