We've never wanted to put Phoebe in bed early because we're at work all day and want to spend as much time with her as possible. Work gets 9-10 hours of our day (after you include lunch and travel time), it's hard to think about getting home at 5 or 5:30 and eating dinner, taking baths and putting her straight to bed at 7 or so.
Well she was always used to taking naps during the day and now it's a different story. At her preschool, they are constantly doing things and Phoebe is so wound up by the time they go to lay down, that she fights herself to get tired and as soon as she's about to fall asleep, they're getting up from their nap. (It's just a 45 min rest time, they can just lay there and relax or take a quick nap) The teachers and Director told us 2 weeks ago that Phoebe seemed really tired and just not herself. So we decided that we have no choice but to put her to bed earlier. We started last Monday at 8:00, she had the tv on (in order to get her to move out of our bed and into her room, we let her keep the tv on as a comfort thing)... I checked on her a few times and she was still awake. Finally a little after 9, I turned off the tv, she said okay but then I heard her crying through the monitor. She NEVER cries so it broke my heart... but we knew it was going to be rough. I let her cry for a few minutes and she ended up walking in our bedroom, she was really upset. By this time it was 9:40 so we said to just come sleep in the bed with us and we'd start again tomorrow. It wasn't a point of giving up or giving in, it was just too late to let it go on, she needed her rest.
Tuesday we put her in bed at 8:00 without the tv and she fell asleep within minutes. She slept through the entire night and walked out of her bedroom at 7am the next morning (the time I normally wake her up). We did the same routine Wednesday and Thursday and it worked out great. On Friday evening after we got off work, me, Mikey and Tammy brought Phoebe to CiCi's to celebrate! She's getting the rest she needs and she's having much better days. It's hard having to spend less time with her, but we know that she needs this, so we'll make the sacrifice.
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hope this gets to you. The place is called Moorhead and it's on 1314. They have a website and that's probably the easiest place to get a specific address. It is out in the country behind a quarry/sand dreging operation so it gets a bit bumpy going back. Look for the U pick blueberry signs - it is SO much fun!
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