Wow! Am I tired!
Little K (grandaughter) spent the night on Wednesday night and I am about dead.
The fact that she spent the night is nothing new. She has spent the night here once a week since she was 6 weeks old. I love it! But ...
She is almost 11 months and is developing quite the mind of her own. She has decided that unless she is being held, that she is NOT going to go to sleep. You see, I think that is the way it is at home. (no matter what they tell me) I have no problem rocking her and cuddling while she is drinking her bedtime bottle. That is some of the best moments of my day and she usually falls asleep by the last slurp. The part that I object to, is when she wakes every hour or two and wants to be cuddled until she falls back to sleep. No more just plugging her pacifier in and back to bed.
Then to top it off! When I did get back to bed, Grandpa is sound asleep, snoring away at top volume and I can't get back to sleep.
Well, 4 hours sleep doesn't work for me anymore. Jeez, it wasn't THAT long ago that I was up until dawn, was it?
It's now Friday and I still want to take a nap.
We are too old for those all-nighters. I have read so many things about letting kids go to sleep on their own. I had to let my younger one scream herself to sleep. She did eventually become a great sleeper, but it was tough.