Julia did not fall asleep for her nap yesterday until late. She played in her crib for over an hour. So at 4:30pm I finally woke her up because I knew she would not go to bed at regular time if she slept too late.
So bedtime comes around and she willingly goes in her room for it. So I am rocking her in the dark, per normal, except she just does not want to lay down in her crib. Every time I tell her that it is time to lay down in bed and go to sleep, she tells me "No, mommy rocky". So I rock her some more. After 20 minutes I see she is no closer to sleep than when we started and Julia is still playing around; giving kisses, re-arranging her Elmo and Blankie in my lap, playing with my hair, etc.. So I finally tell her play time it over and it is time for bed. She lets me tuck her in and I figure she will go to sleep shortly. Minutes tick by and I realize Julia is talking to herself in her crib. She is playing with her crib toys and doing pretend play with Elmo and her babies. I am just listening to it all on the baby monitor.
But she keeps going..... An hour goes by and she is still playing in her crib! Since she is not fussing or crying, I really don't want to go in her room. So I just let her play knowing it is dark in there and she will eventually fall asleep.
Finally around 10pm the talking stops and she is finally asleep!! That girl played in her crib in a dark room for 2 HOURS!!! I am amazed that she did not fuss to get up in all that time!
I thought it would be a struggle to get her up this morning, but she was up at normal time. I heard her first stir at 6:30am! I just hope she was not in a bad mood for daycare!
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