Ellery’s party girl ways are beginning to wear on us. We get Neko and Shep to bed and she boings awake. Or she’s awake until they go to bed, and then only sleeps if she’s being held, otherwise she’s screaming. Or sometimes she just spends hours on end screaming even if she’s being held. However it shakes out, it’s usually at least 11 or 12 until she conks out for good.
Anyway, it’s getting old.
So I’ve been reading up on sleep theories, and last night we tried some new techniques. And, lo and behold, she fell asleep. At 8:30pm. For good.
Half of me is beyond excited because maybe this could be the beginning of something good. The other half of me thinks it was just a one-time fluke. And the third half (I was always bad at math) is a little bit sad, because if this does really work, then my evenings of snuggling with a teeney, tiny baby on my chest are mostly over.