Sleep update

Hello friends-
I know that some of you are waiting with baited (or is that bated?) breath,...wondering how we are doing with the Mary slepp thing. Mom has asked- Ranell has asked,...amd my gals at WTF have been very helpful.

We have Mary into a little ritual that begins at about 7:00 pm

• We watch a little Jack or Elmo
• We have a little snack and some water (not too much or we peee thru the size 5's (!)
• We brush our teeth- which is really just mary sucking the toddler tooth paste off of the brush.
• We give kisses to the parent not on bed time duty and we head into her room to read a few books.

After two books we move to the bed- where we get her to lay down and we sit next to her bed for a few minutes. We try to leave the room while she is still awake- so she can get herself to sleep. We will sit in the living room for about 20-30 minutes and if she happens to pop out of her room,..we put her back into bed,...no picking her up- no more snugs- just back into bed.

so far- this is working- even with marty on Midnights. Marty has been a serious trooper on mids by going to bed at 10:00 am and getting up around 6:00 or 7:00 o pm to help with bed time.

We'll keep y'all posted