Early to bed...

OK, I mentioned earlier about the whole early bedtime thing. We had been putting her to bed whenever we (read Jenna) went to bed because I wanted to maximize the concurrent sleep! But, we decided that we should establish a bedtime routine and time. We chose a 9-ish bedtime because that is when she started to "meltdown" from the day and throw a fit or 2! She was sleeping so late in the morning, though, I figured if I was ever going to be anywhere at a reasonable hour, that we should move it up some more--plus I'd been reading those books. The last few nights we have put her to bed anywhere between 6 and 7-7:30. She goes right to sleep and sleeps for 4-5 hours before she gets up and then sleeps another 4-5 hours. And, she still takes (relatively) good naps during the day. She has also been much happier during her awake times. I guess she just needs tons of sleep. Hindsight being 20/20, I guess all those times of unhappiness before were her telling me that she was overtired and instead of rocking and consoling her, I should have just put her down and let her get some shut eye! Who knew!!

I imagine that this will all change in a few more days, though, because it seems that when we get one pattern figured out, it changes. I keep hearing that this is how it will be for the rest of eternity, so I guess we should just get used to it!