Please God, Go To Sleep!

Today the girls and I went for a walk after supper. Normally our routine is to get in the bath, then get jammers on and watch a movie before bed. But last night was pretty horrible for me, sleep wise. Isabelle decided that she didn’t want to fall asleep. She’d fall asleep, then wake up about 10 minutes later and if I wasn’t in the room, she’d come find me. Now, for the most part, my bed is banned to her. I don’t want her to get used to always sleeping in my bed to where she wont sleep in her own bed. I hear stories from other people all the time to where their kid sleeps in the parents bed so now that’s the only place they’ll sleep. Im not judging you, but now that your kid wont sleep in their own bed, that’s pretty much your fault. And because I hear all these stories, I know how hard it is to break that habit. So Im trying my damndest not to even start that. But last night, I caved. After the third time of putting her back in bed, then having to stand there while she falls asleep, then try and sneak out like a figgin ninja so she doesn’t wake up…only to have her wake up about a half hour later then start crying my name, I was just exhausted and it was around midnight. So since Grant isn’t home for work again, I let her sleep in my bed. She went right down. The only reason I caved is because every time she’d wake up, her crying my name sounded more like she was actually scared. I knew if we didn’t get any sleep, she’d be a crab ass the next day. So today, I figured if we took a walk, being in the fresh air for a while would help tire her out. At first I didn’t think we’d be out that long, but it ended up being almost 45min! We got home, got them in jammers, and brushed their teeth. Let them dink around for a bit, then we read our book and I put them down. It’s now over a half hour later, and Isabelle is still up and saying “mommy” every once in a while. I don’t get how she’s not exhausted and about ready to pass out! I bet you my last dollar that she’s laying in front of her door too. I just don’t get it! Im fast running out of ideas, so she better go to sleep and stay asleep!