OK, so we moved Olivia into a toddler bed, which she has been a little nervous about, but has been very determined to use. Elise is almost ready to move into the crib, and since it is in Olivia’s room I’m not too worried about her feeling lonely, especially since she sleeps at least 6 to 7 hour stretches at night, and does almost all of her napping in my arms.
So anyway, today Olivia didn’t want to go to sleep, but I knew that she was very tired, so I closed her in her room for a “quiet time” and told her that I’d be back in an hour, and she could call me if she needed me. In that time she pooped, and called for me, banged around and made a mess, and was generally peacefully occupied in her room. Well, I went up at the end of the hour and she was asleep. Not only that, but she had carefully tucked herself into her bed all by herself, and she is sleeping soundly. It’s all very cute, but now I’m trying to decide if I should wake her up, since it’s dinner time in a half hour?
Difficult situation…
In our house I would be the insisting that the kid sleep, sleep, sleep….Ellie would be strangely perplexed about the whole thing.
Maybe I’m biased since I drove all night from SC to OH and have been wrestling with Deacon from 9:30 til 10:22 over his “morning” nap. It really doesn’t feel like morning to me.
insert the word “one” after word 7 of my entry.
I’m sorry
but that means you’re in Ohio and you get to be near us. Which is worth Deacon not sleeping in my book. ;)