Have a nightly routine sorted that consists of:
- Dinner approximately 5.30pm
- Bathtime
- Say goodnight to everyone
- 3 books of Toddlers choice read - each read more quietly then the last
- Tell them Goodnight Moon
- Turn light off at the "Goodnight Light" Part
- Sing Alphabet through once
- Recite the phonetics of the alphabet - different theme each week
- Sing There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
- If Toddler not asleep yet, sing The Flying Fortress and/or This old man
- Toddler usually in bed asleep by 7.30-8pm
Then, when Toddler is sick with a head cold - the routine goes out the window on some nights... but try to stick with routine as much as possible, however other nights will be like last night:
- Have a fun filled day of adventures
- Mummy's back is sore, so go to bed for a rest
- Leave Toddler with Daddy
- Get up and realise it's 6pm - well after normal dinner time
- Go into lounge and find Hubby in lounge asleep on couch (He has long days starting at 5am - so is usually exhausted at this time of night)
- No Toddler in sight
- In own half-asleep state - wake Hubby up and ask where Toddler is
- Toddler comes running into lounge holding wooden spoon "Here I am"
- Walk into kitchen and find pantry doors open with pots and pans on the floor
- Find Toddler at feet "I'm Cooking!"
- Sigh in relief that Toddler must have just started cooking so there wasn't food everywhere...
- Thank Toddler for starting dinner
- Pick up pots and pans off the floor, put away ones not needed, set others on stove
- Cook Mac n Cheese for dinner - burning self with hot water splashes in the process
- Eat dinner and notice Toddler struggling to stay awake
- Finish dinner and clean up Toddler
- Hubby carries Toddler to bed who's falling asleep in his arms
- Toddler mumbles "Bottle"
- Sort bottle out
- Toddler drinks bottle and then is right out to it
- Kiss Toddler goodnight and go out into the lounge to enjoy an evening of scrapbooking
- Go to bed about midnight (as got lost in the craftiness of it all)
- Get woken up by Toddler crying and coming into bedroom
- Try put Toddler back to bed
- Toddler points to bedroom door - wants to sleep in Mummy and Daddy's bed tonight
- Tell Toddler they have to be quiet if they sleep in the big bed
- Toddler is quiet and nods
- Go back to bed with Toddler
- Lie in bed waiting for Toddler to go to sleep
- Once Toddler is asleep put back in own bed
- Go back to own bed and start to drift off
- Toddler wakes up again
- Give Toddler bottle
- Toddler drinks bottle and goes to sleep
- Take empty bottle to kitchen
- Just get back into bed and Toddler wakes up
- Go into Toddlers room
- Hop into bed with Toddler
- Go to sleep until 4am when woken by sore back
- Get up take painkillers and go back to own bed
- Hubby's alarm goes off - he leaves for work
- Toddler wakes up as Hubby's car drives off
- Put Toddler on Hubby's side of bed and both go back to sleep until 8am
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