Little Rascal...

Oh my goodness...so, Aubrie is sleeping great, she is like clock work, she gets very cranky around 7:30 indicating to us "I'm hungry so please feed me and then put me down to sleep". Usually she's asleep by 8:00 p.m. and wakes up around 4 or 5 a.m. to eat and then she'll go back to bed. Kaileigh on the other hand, a.k.a. my Little Rascal, is fighting bedtime and now nap time. It all started last Thursday. She was terrified to go to sleep on Thursday, she would not even let me put her down, she clung to me for dear life. After about 30 minutes of hysterical crying Rusty and I felt bad for her and put her in bed with us, A BIG NO NO. Well, since then she'll get up about 3 times a night crying and wanting her back rubbed until she dozes off. The book Toddler Years says to let them cry it out. Well, with a soon to be 4 month old sleeping in the room next door, you don't want two screaming children so we give in a rub her back until she falls asleep. And this refusing to take naps...she needs them! She is unbearably cranky when she doesn't get one. I met a Mom at the pool yesterday with a 2 year old son and 5 1/2 month old and she's having the same problem. With him, she let him cry it out, for 5 1/2 HOURS, 4 NIGHTS IN A ROW, no thank you! Thank goodness for coffee ;0). This weekend Kaileigh is staying with my Mom, from Saturday to Tuesday, I'm going to miss her but will enjoy the sleep. Maybe when she comes back home she will have forgotten all about her sleeping spells. I can't blame her or get mad, I think she feels a little bit left out with Aubrie and she sees her nighttime visits as alone time with Mommy and Daddy. I guess this too shall pass...
Love,
Katherine