Wouldn’t you know, not 12 hours after I posted my first bedtime blog, my children would decide: Bedtime? What’s bedtime? Thus I ended up with two sleepless nights in a row, a tiresome adventure for a working mom.It started Tuesday night. I don’t know if it was the long nap at daycare or the iced tea with dinner, but my daughter did not fall asleep until after 11 p.m. It started innocent enough… We did our routine and headed to bed. As usual, I fell asleep reading books to the kids. And as usual, I awoke about an hour later ready to move my daughter to her own crib. But when I sat up, my 2-year-old was standing there. She met me face to face, leaned over and gave me a sweet kiss. Then reached over to continue playing with the doll she had in bed with her.I was exhausted so thought if I put my head back on the pillow she, too, would fall asleep. So again, an hour later, I awoke. Yup, still playing. I took her downstairs to change her diaper (note to mommy, keep diapers and wipes upstairs also!) and then just gave up. My husband and I crawled into our own bed (where daddy and toddler played peek-a-boo for 15 minutes). Then I curled her up next to me and said, "Now it’s time to sleep." I don’t know who fell asleep sooner, but when I next awoke, she was out and moved to her crib for the rest of a very short night!Maybe it is time to change the routine!
