Trouble Sleep Monkey

Tonight it took an hour and a half to settle Alby to sleep.  The first hour being mostly dedicated to getting him back to liking being in his cot (bribery in the form of books and puzzles finally winning out). One hour later and I was back in his room settling him again.

I’m not surprised that tonight has been difficult  Not that such eased my frustrations much, but Little man has slept in five different beds over the past three weeks, each time with me no more than three feet away from him.  Morning lie ins have led to late nights and whilst I have tried to keep the routine as normal as possible, Christmas cheer and busy times have certainly had an impact and I expect it will take at least a week to get us back to where we were before.

There’s a lot to be said about using this time to adapt and fine tune the routine to make it more “Toddler Friendly”.  Not only but also more “Daddy Friendly”.  Before, with Mark off every other week and with the deployment on the horizon it seemed sensible to just leave bedtime to me and focus on having mama as the constant factor.  But time has a habit of speeding by still these days and before I know it the tour will be coming to an end and it will be important to make sure that bedtime is something Mark can be equally involved in.  No doubt I should have given this all much greater thought over recent weeks rather than trying to work it out whilst also unpacking from, recovering from Christmas and preparing for work but I’ve never been known to be sensible before and there’s no point feigning good sense and moderation now I guess.