locus_ofcontro | Getting over it...

So.. I'm learning to get over the fact that my daughter simply REFUSES to go straight to sleep when she's tucked in. Every night for AGES, she's jumped out of bed, rummaged around, gotten back into bed... Now I've always had a pretty good idea what was going on, but last night I think I finally figured it out for good. My daughter... likes to read herself to sleep.

She pulls her night light (which is a clock radio) into bed, "listens to the traffic", and reads. Those footsteps across the floor are her getting another book, and the THUMPS are the ones that fall on the floor.

I do not know how I got a child who loves to read so much, but I am certainly not going to complain. Instead, I'm gonna work towards eliminating the daytime nap, and getting her to bed EARLIER so she can read herself to sleep.

Tonight, I tucked her in, gave her 2 books, and put her night light where she likes it. I think I'm getting over it.

_{btw...I'm also proud that this is a kid who just helped me clean the cats box, helped carry the recycling to the road, got her laundry ready for the washing machine and completed bed time routine with a minimum of fuss...

hrm...what do you want to bet all hell breaks out tomorrow when I try to leave her with the sitter???}