Sleeping

Harper is getting very good at her bedtime routine. She typically goes down for the night around 7 pm. She prefers to be rocked and padded to sleep. Ross and I are guilty of giving in to her desire to be snuggled into a deep slumber. Eventually we will have to stop, but it never seems to be the right time - we always say we will start tomorrow. It's so much more fun to snuggle her than listen to her cry at bedtime!

In her room we have two sound machines - both produce the sound of rain. She has matching white noise machines hidden in a lamb - the large version stays in her crib at home and the miniature lamb is at daycare for nap times. At night we will rock on the glider in her room and listen to a cd while she falls asleep. She will often wiggle a lot right before she falls asleep - one minute she is wiggling and writhing and then next she is passed out. Once she is asleep (or if she is content enough to be laid down awake), we swaddle her in two blankets to keep her warm and toasty. No matter how tightly she is swaddled at night, by morning she has wiggled out of  the blankets.