Hug Twice

It seems that Alexa is finally shifting her sleeping patterns to an earlier natural bedtime.

The biggest problem was, that my spouse (who is also a natural night owl) goes to bed earlier now because of our own shift in work schedules.  So he couldn;t stay up with Alexa at night.  Alexa’s preferred way of going to sleep is for Daddy to carry her around and walk around the square that is our downstairs.  But without that, she doesn’t want to go to sleep and would just stay up until utter exhaustion hits.

She is not a fan of me walking her around.  Mostly she kicks me and tries to get down.

Matt had been walking her around before he went to bed (around midnight) but that hadn’t been working at all.  She liked being carried but would just happily giggle and coo for 10-15 minutes until Matt gave up and went to bed.  Then she and I started our standoff which lasted into the wee hours of the morning.

But the past few days, she’s actually gone to sleep when Matt carries her around at midnight.  Happily.  Last night even she said “Nigh Nigh” to me as they walked by my desk.

I know for most of you midnight is an absurd bedtime for an almost-two-year-old but its a start.  I know it will improve, because we used to struggle with CJ’s bedtime so much (not as much as with Alexa though) becuase my kids are natural night owls like their Dad.  But now CJ goes to bed at about 9pm every night without a problem.

Alexa now gets up at 7am every morning, which is not so great for me but, well, I’ll live with it.  Funny how when she went to bed at 3am she tried to sleep for 12 hours straight but now she only sleeps 7 and is up for the day.  Kids.  Who knows.

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