Alice reached a major milestone yesterday and last night: a big girl sleep pattern! Alice took a 3.5 hour nap yesterday afternoon, which is somewhat unusual, but not unprecedented. What was new is that her nap coincided with Lizzie's almost perfectly. Eric and I found ourselves with more than three blessed hours of free time in the afternoon. It's amazing how much we accomplished: I set up Lizzie's easel and playroom in the basement, Eric fixed a leak in the car, I reupholstered the footstools, Eric spent more than an hour in the shop... AND the kitchen got clean, laundry was folded, and clutter was corralled. Truly amazing.
Feeling bullish, we then decided to try to settle Alice upstairs at the same time Lizzie worked through her nighttime ritual (bath, books, etc.). Both were tucked in by 6:45pm. We had to go up a few times for each (and a few times for both -- negative complementarities), but no more than half a dozen times, total, and never for more than a few minutes. By 8:30pm both girls were out cold. We enjoyed evening tea in peace for the first time in more than a month. Wow. What a difference.
The tally: Alice slept from 6:45pm-2:30am, woke for about 10 minutes to nurse, fell right back to sleep, and was out until 6:30am, at which point we all got up for the morning. (Lizzie woke once at 4am to pee, used the potty and went right back to sleep until 6:30.) Yay, team!
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