to sleep, to dream...

all of a sudden, tae has figured out to put herself to sleep.  i thought that maybe she was sick or something when she napped twice at school last week.  this hadn't happened since the last time she was sick, and before that, i don't think it ever happened.

but, it turns out, that after 3 1/2 years of life, my daughter has figured out how to put herself to sleep. 

tonight, we were talking about our routines, what we would be doing tomorrow... and tae started to talk about all of the little things... she was going to take a bath, brush her teeth, put on her pajamas, and then i'd read her a story.  she asked me if i was going to sleep with her, and i told her that i wasn't.  that i needed to shower and clean up.  and that when she woke up in the middle of the night, she could come into my room, and we'd snuggle in my bed.  i think for tae, and all her ocd-ness, knowing what was going to happen helped her feel comfortable about going to sleep.

and then, after reading one bed time book, tae looked at me and said, "mommy, go shower."  and i left.  and she fell asleep by herself.  in her room.  for like the first time ever.

and i went and took a nice long hot shower.  woo-hoo!!

Comments

[Sandra]

YAY! Congrats!

[Rachel]

That's awesome!

[Nicki]

How awesome is that? I wonder what brought on the sudden change?

[Angie in Texas]

don't judge me for saying this, but it gets sooo much easier when the kids get older. (wait until she makes her own bowl of cereal on a saturday and you can lay in bed an extra 3 minutes!) =P

[DG Haldeman]

I love to watch my son (10mo) sleep. I don't know why but ever since he came home from the hospital he sucks on nothing while he sleeps, laughs, smiles, and is very active. He's a light sleeper but doesn't wake himself up. What I mean by "suck" is he looks like he's drinking a bottle but he's not got anything in his mouth. It's too cute!

[mama nabi]

HOLY... CONGRATULATIONS! To you and to Tae... wow. Now I have hope for LN... :-)