Sam has been getting better at bedtime. We try to give him a shower at 9 pm, read him a book or two, pray, then get him to go to sleep. It's not the easiest to get him to fall asleep. It takes about an hour to calm him down, so by the time he is actually asleep and I leave his room, it's 10:30 pm. I'm not going to complain about that because it has been worse. I am just thankful now that he sleeps in his room (though he still wakes up once a night), and he goes to bed at a more preferable time (as oppose to 11:30 pm or midnight). When he wakes up in the middle of the night, I usually stay with him until he falls back to sleep. In the last week or so however, I've been trying to get him to go back to sleep on his own, either by ignoring his calls or just simply explaining to him that he needs to sleep in his own bed and mommy needs to go to her own bed.
I have been successful getting to get him to go back to sleep on his own. He sometimes protests but doesn't cry if I leave him. So last night was a test of how well he will respond if I just tuck him in and not wait till he falls asleep. And he did great! He whined a little, called for mommy a little, but he was a trooper. He fell asleep at about 10:15 ( I checked him a little after that), and slept through the night!!! I am hoping he will continue on this routine, which will free up my night to do something else other than tend to him. Now, if he will only get interested in potty training, I will be in mommy heaven.
