Bedtime Drama

Bedtime around here has been less than pleasant lately. There's been a lot of "stay with me a little bit," "hold me a little bit," "pat my back much," and then tears when all of that has to stop. Don't think I'm a mean Mama. If Avery Claire would go to sleep every night with me rocking her or holding her or patting her back, I'd do it. But she won't. It just fuels the fire. How are children born knowing how to stall? She's just TWO!!

We've tried being tough. We've tried doing the holding, patting, rocking, etc. It's all good until we really mean business. Then it's meltdown time! So, to save our sanity, we moved a TV and her DVD player into her room and let her watch TV until she went to sleep last night. We know it's not a good habit to start. But it worked last night.



And tonight, she watched TV for a bit and then called me in there and said to turn it off because she was tired of watching. After she told me to pat her back 5 times and then shushed me and told me to tiptoe out, I think she is finally asleep. Who knows...but bedtime the past two nights has been much less stressful. We'll see what works tomorrow.

And I'm caught up!!! Woooohooooo!! Now I've got to catch up on laundry because I've spent the last two nights blogging!