so the past few days, little miss elliot has decided to play up at bed time... normally she is an angel, 8:00 is bed time, we read a few stories, walk her to her room, put her in bed, kiss her goodnight and leave the room, without another word or sound...
but the last few nights, it has not been so easy, we follow that same routine up until the 'leaving the room' part, she's crying and says she doesn't want to go to bed, and then she waits 5 minutes, and comes out to the lounge room... so, i take her back to bed and then she comes out to the lounge room, so i take her back to bed and then she comes out to the lounge room, and so on, you get the idea...
and tonight *sigh*, i figured she would be really really tired from her lack of sleep and being at daycare the last 2 days, i put her to bed at 7:45 while daddy wasn't home, and she was quiet, daddy got home, still she was quiet... BUT THEN, at 8:15, out she came and we did the same 'take her back again' for a while, that wasn't working so daddy cuddled her in bed for 5 minutes and she was asleep by 8:30...
BUT THEN, just after puberty blues finished (gee i love that show, so sad the season is over), out she came (arghhhhhhhhhh), so now (at 10:10) i have just put her in bed with daddy, and she will fall straight to sleep... i know that some will say it's bad parenting, but it's late and i'm tired too...
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