Well - Graysen is offically at the "hardest" stage to put to sleep...according to ME! ;0) Up until now she has had a bath, got rubbed down with lotion, PJ's on, nursed, and gone straight to bed. Whether she was asleep or not. For the last few months she has fussed for two minutes at most when I lay her in her bed.
That's all changed. Now she's Miss Independent!
She just realized a few days ago that she can also sit up, crawl around, and pull up in her bed! She must've thought that stuff was only for the rest of the house up until then. Now we follow the same bedtime ritual, except when I lay her down there is no more fussing for two minutes before falling asleep...it's sit up before Mom can even leave the room, and then stand hanging on the rail and scream bloody murder for as long as Mom will let me! For the most part if Lincoln goes in and just lays her back down she will cry for a few more minutes and then give it up....but...
Not tonight.
She cried for an hour (with two "laying her back down" sessions in there). Finally I just got her out of bed. I know - big "No-No". But she just wore me down. Yes, she won. She is currently standing at the recliner talking happily to Hunter who is playing Wii Football. (A new part of his nightly ritual. lol) I know she was tired because she fell asleep in the car on the way home. Of course she woke up when I got her out of the car seat, so I went ahead with the nightly ritual thinking she would just go back to sleep when it was time...nope, no such luck.
Maybe I'm weak. I don't know. I try to remind myself that there are lots of women out there who would stay awake with their babies for days if they could just have them. I know this is true because I would stay awake with Claire forever if I could just have that time with her.
So...thanks for listening (reading) to me vent for a few minutes and letting me talk myself back into sense. I have two beautiful children who are both (currently) happy and (semi) healthy. I need to not stress over what time we get to bed and rather cherish the hours I have with them while we're awake.
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