Bed time routine

Nap times have become a synch (have we just jinxed ourselves by blogging this?), with Baby Bel going quietly save for a little 2 second fuss 95% of the time. The biggie was bed time at night. Complete with screaming and crying matches lasting up to 45mins at times and lots and lots of questions. Is she still hungry? Is she wet? Does she have wind? Is she over tired?

Noticed that I said that "the biggie WAS bed time. Now (double jinx??) it seems that we've also conquered bed time fussiness. How? With a magic milk formula you ask? With gin and brandy!!! Put down the phones and stop rolling your eyes Grandmas!!! I was just kidding! Actually, it was by luck.

One day it was still too early for Baby Bel to go to bed, and she'd finished her bottle. So I asked Kevin to read to her from her favourite book. After 15mins, she had a stoned look so Kevin put her to bed. She looked at him, gave a yell of defiance, rolled over and went to sleep hugging her bunny!

Now, we've incorporated lots of Daddy time where Kevin reads and sings to her, plays her music from her caterpillar soft toy and she goes to bed without so much as a whine... well, still a little sometimes, but what a difference!