I mentioned in my last post that Eli has become a sleeping star over the last week. In the last 7 days, he's gotten up in the night ONE night, ONE time. But that doesn't include tonight.
Tonight, about 2 hours after going down, he woke up. We knew he wasn't hungry, but were confused as to why he was so stinkin mad. Well, after about 5 - 10 minutes, JP went in. The verdict: a dirty diaper. Our kiddo hate, hate, HATES a messy diaper. Always has. So we realized that's why he'd woken up and daddy changed him. However, the other thing about Eli is he gets soooooo mad about being awake when he's tired and should be sleeping. So, after the diaper change, he continued to be super cranky - NOTHING would calm him down.
Well, even though it wasn't bedtime, I decided to try what's been working. I grabbed "old faithful" (aka we read "Goodnight Moon"). Eli LOVES Goodnight Moon (thanks Sol and Andres!). That and Big Red Barn are two bedtime favorites. It's funny, some books make Eli crazy. He tries to turn the pages and slam the book shut, or just sort of wiggles about. Goodnight Moon is like a darn tranquilizer! It settles him down. every. single. time. So, we read the book, I told him goodnight and laid him in his crib.
And, just like that, before I could get to the monitor, the kid was asleep.
Thank you Goodnight Moon.
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