Annabelle has been fighting her bedtime lately. She still takes a good 1 1/2 - 2 hour nap everyday, but is not very excited when bedtime rolls around. Gwyneth is going to bed at 8:00 now so we give Annabelle a little extra time and send her off to bed at 8:30. Here's the nightly ritual:
8:30 - I tuck Annabelle into bed
8:31 - Annabelle gets up and says she has to go potty
8:35 - B tucks Annabelle into bed and rubs her back
8:36 - Annabelle gets up and needs a drink or needs to tell me something
8:37 - I tuck Annabelle into bed for the last time with a stern reminder of privileges to be lost tomorrow
8:45 - After a bit of singing to her dolls and bear she finally falls asleep!
On Thursday night, she was really wound up, I was so tired, and I did the unthinkable....I told her at 8:30 "Annabelle, if you please go to sleep right now I'll take you to Chuck E Cheese tomorrow". (I was really tired!) I tucked her in and I waited.....no potty request, no back rub request, no drink of water request....no nothin'! We didn't hear a peep out of her for the rest of the night. Sure enough, she woke the next morning and her first words to me were "I stayed in my bed all night and we're going to CHUCK E CHEESE!!!!". Oh my, what a memory! I have to be careful these days.
She told everyone at school she was going and I'm a momma of my word so off we went. I invited her friends Lance and Alex to join us and we had a fun, but not so delicious night. The kids ate the pizza right up and played lots of games. I suppose it's just the price you pay to get a toddler to sleep sometimes!
Gwyneth and Daddy thrilled to be at Chuck E Cheese.
Miss Gwyneth no longer sits in a high chair or booster. She requests "knees, please" and does a great job kneeling right on the chair.
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