Sleep Tight

Monday morning 4:45am: THUMP

We’ve been having morning sleep struggles for a few weeks now.  Julia seems to have decided that between 3:30 and 4:30 is a good time to wake-up.  Andrew and I have a differing opinion.  But we (mostly Andrew) have been getting up with her because she’s been sick and teething and we thought it was a phase that would quickly pass as she’s usually a pretty good sleeper.  But it hasn’t passed.  So this week we decided it was time to be tough.  Thus, the THUMP. 

Julia decided to get out of her crib… on her own… There were tears but no bumps or bruises.  Thankfully.  She stated that she “hopped bed Mommy.”  Yes, Julia you did indeed, literally, hop out of bed!

We hoped that it might have been a fluke but on Tuesday when Andrew heard her cry the first time at 4:30 he rushed in because he didn’t want a repeat performance.  Then Wednesday she woke up pretty quietly and didn’t make her normal fuss.  Andrew heard a small “thump thump” and then we heard her voice much closer than it should have been and when he walked into the hallway she was walking into Daddy’s office…

Thus:

the toddler bed.

Julia was pretty excited about it yesterday but turned it down at naptime in favor of her usual spot, Mommy’s bed.  Then last night she was pretty keyed up and had a difficult time falling sleep.  But after some songs and stories and back rubbing and several (okay, 12) times of getting out of bed and then tucked back in by Mom she finally fell asleep… and stayed asleep.  Until 4:30 when she quietly came in, went to Andrew’s side of the bed, and softly said “hi”.  That’s a step in the right direction from being startled awake by screaming so we’ll take it and keep working on it.