Monday, February 7, 2011

sleep schedules

when k was a baby, we trained her on our schedule.  we are definitely night owls and her bedtime was honestly around 11:30 or midnight.  but the beauty was that she slept until 11:00am.  then she turned 2 1/2 and that all changed.  but we've adjusted to 8:30 or 9:00 am :)

b is a bit different.  first of all, she set her own bedtime.  try as i might to keep her up for another hour or two, she wants to be in bed by 10:30 - where did this trait come from?  not her parents, that's for sure!


k never really wants to be in bed.  just last night, we saw a four-alarm freak out because we said it was time for bed.  after she had been playing all day, partying hard on her birthday, no naps, no slowing down.  she had been yawning for hours but fought and fought going to bed.  finally, we won.  it was a valiant fight on both sides!

the other morning, b was up by 8:30 and at 10:30 k was still sound asleep.  while i am grateful for mornings when k gets some extra needed sleep, i just wish they could be on the same clock!  it also always seems that mornings when we have to be somewhere, like 9:00 church on sunday mornings, k could sleep until noon.  having to wake her up is such a bummer!

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