Lately, there has been very little sleep being gotten in this house. The main reason being that Lanie is having a hard time sleeping through the night and staying in her room. A few weeks ago she discovered that she could climb out of her crib (she actually had done it a few times about a year ago, but I guess didn’t feel confident enough to do it consistently). She started doing this and coming out of her room so we put a gate up at her door. Then she found various ways to climb over the gate, first using various items from her room as stairs, and then just figuring a way to climb over it all by herself. She is very creative and is using it to her advantage! We did convert her crib to a toddler bed because we were worried she would hurt herself and because it was just time to do it. We have abandoned the gate on her door as it just doesn’t seem to help, but use it on the stairs as a precautionary measure. So now it is very easy for Lanie to crawl out of bed in the middle of the night, usually several times, to come into our bedroom and want to sleep with us. I try to stand firm and just return her to her bed, but sometimes I am just too tired! Especially after usually having to go through 30 minutes to an hour of putting her back in her bed just to get her to sleep in the first place. ANd she knows all the tricks… wanting me to rock with her… wanting me to read to her…. telling me she missed me…. the list goes on and on. I am afraid, very afraid, of how intelligent and manipulative she can be! I’m hoping once we get back on a regular schedule during the day things will calm down at night, but right now I just need some sleep!

Tell me this is just a phase…. please…..