Do you all like when I share every detail
of the day? :) After my cranky post earlier I let the kids get
up with no naps. I thought it would be a slow afternoon, but
maybe an early bedtime. I got lucky! The afternoon wasn’t bad,
Eve fussed and used her baby talk (drives me crazy!) a lot, but
Lex zoned out into playdoh for about an hour and then cleaned
it all up afterwards! After a calm dinner (only spilled two
cups of milk, not too bad!) and a nice bath, we packed the
suitcase, read stories, brushed teeth and went to bed. All by
7pm :) I laid down with Lex, as usual, and a very tired Eve
started bouncing in her bed. Lex and I discussed how
frustrating it was that she won’t be quiet and I gave him the
option of me staying with him and ignorning her, or me going to
lay down with her instead and hopefully keeping her quiet. He
said, “go keep her quiet!” So I did. I cuddled with Eve and
talked her through relaxing her body. I told her to relax her
legs because they have worked hard all day. I said how they
carried her around and climbed the ladders at the playground,
and ran up the stairs, etc. When she stopped bouncing her legs
I moved on to her arms, then all the way up the body to her
eyes and finally her ears. Believe it or not, it worked! After
about 5 minutes she was calm and still and within 10 she was
asleep!!! Maybe that’s our secret! Or maybe no naps… but I’m
not ready for that yet, especially since Lex still wants them!
Whatever it was, I’m enjoying the peace and quiet
tonight!

What happened to my good sleeper?!?!
Whereas Lex (after 4yrs!) is finally getting good at the sleep
thing, even taking naps again (yay!), Eve has decided to give
up on it all together. She was always my reliable sleeper. What
happened?! We fought with Lex all through the years and I was
so hoping to avoid toddler sleep battles with Eve… but alas,
I find myself fighting the fight :( Sooo aggravating! She’ll
nap, usually, after awhile, but at night she’s up for HOURS,
bouncing around and keeping Lex awake. We put her to bed at the
usual 7:30ish and for the past week or so she’s been awake past
10pm each night. One night it was past 11pm! Just awake,
bouncing around, making noise. He will eventually fall asleep,
but I know if she was quiet he’d be out much quicker. Blah!!! I
want sleepers!!!