We've had the on-going battle at our house of staying in bed/sleeping all night!!! Pretty much ever since we did the whole potty training thing eight months ago, Caroline has decided she doesn't want to sleep all night. She wakes up saying she needs to potty, and at first it was just once a night {which I was kind of OK with}. However, recently it had almost turned into waking up three or four times a night which I was NOT OK with. The child has been the most perfect sleeper for the first 2.5 years of her life, so this was a drastic change for us! As the multiple times a night continued on and on, we decided to get her a toddler clock that will turn green when it is time to get up! It partially worked, but then after a few nights she began to just ignore it and still woke up over and over. Last week, we finally did the last thing we knew to do, and it has changed our nights!!!!!!!!!!! We changed the lock on her door!! She screamed, not cried, like mad-screamed the night we did it. But she eventually got in bed, tucked herself in, and went to sleep! The first couple nights she woke up two or three times to see if the door was locked, and then she would get right back in bed and go back to sleep. After doing this over a week now, I will say she is sleeping all night and going to bed without a fight!!
GLORIOUS!!
She has her eye on this Minnie Mouse tricycle, so when she continues this great sleeping habit again we are going to get it for her, or maybe Santa will bring it! =)
