Run With The Fishes

So, It’s been a few days. You guys probably thought that Allison had gotten the best of me. Ha! I say to you. Poor soul who doubted me.

The new routine seems to be working. We started on Wednesday (same day as the first post). I was going to wait for the weekend, but Allison had a friend over for the afternoon and didn’t have a nap. She was exhausted by the end of the night. Everyone brushed their teeth, got kisses from dad, then marched to their beds. Since Zoey had to listen in, I read the first half of the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Then it was lights out* and time to sleep.

This has worked for the past 5 nights! She was getting out of bed a few times before settling in (now with cries of “I’m not Sleepy”, instead of, “I want my mommy”) We had a slightly rough time on Friday night because she did not want to sleep. After she got out of bed for the 5th time, I gave her an ultimatum. She still asks if I will sleep with her when I come to check on her. I told her I was not going to check on her and would certainly not sleep with her if she got out of bed one more time. She stayed in her bed.

We should have totally started doing this earlier. Here’s hoping I haven’t jinxed anything.

*When she’s in her room, Allison can’t sleep without total darkness. She gets creeped out by the shadows, even though she knows they aren’t creepy. We also don’t usually close bedroom doors at night. This means all of the lights that have any chance of shining into the girls’ room have to be turned off, at least until she falls asleep.