Makes it worth it.

My daughter is 4, almost 5. She's been on medication for epilepsy for over a year and has been seizure free since she started. The neurologist started weaning her off to see if the epilepsy would be gone or if we needed to stay on the meds. So we have been slowly reducing her dose for almost a month. We knew there would be some minor side effects to coming off the meds.She has been waking up several times a night with bad dreams or whatnot for a few weeks now. Been super clingy and whiney. Has this increasing fear of choking at school to the point that she won't eat during school (she goes half days so it's not a super big issue). And just been pretty defiant in general. I know some of this is normal 4 yr old behaviour but combined with the epilepsy meds etc it's just been hard.My husband is away for work for a couple weeks and so it's come crushingly hard onto my shoulders. I know it's only for a short time and I'm sure I can handle it but when she wakes up 3 times in a night it can get pretty frustrating.What makes it worth it?Having her cuddle on my lap this morning while pretending she's a kitty that I'm supposed to adopt. Her attempts at purring made me giggle even though I'm exhausted. Later we're going to open the lego advent calendar and play star wars while we have hot chocolate.It's not always easy... but it's not always hard. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2fWHUjk