Victory!

I've done it! I finally got Landon to bed at a reasonable time! 8:53 to be exact. This is a huge victory for a child whose bedtime is usually 11 PM!

I'm a terrible mother, I know, but until now, I had never set a schedule for Landon. We'd always put him down in his crib when he'd pass out after a bottle. We never had a set night routine. But with it becoming nearly impossible to wake him up in the morning, I figured, enough is enough! This poor child isn't getting enough sleep. 

Tonight was the night and I had to do the routine by myself because Bartek was at class. I refused to let Landon nap on the walk back from daycare and on the walk with Bailey. I gave him his dinner at 7. Let him jump, jump, jumperoo for a good half hour. Played the xylophone with him. Drew a bath and bathed him all by myself. I think this was maybe the 2nd time EVER that I'd done it by myself---it's really a two person job! Then it was time for PJs, a bottle and a bedtime story. And off to LaLa Land he went! Until about 9:30...ugh!! Then I gave him some water in a bottle, and read, and reread, and reread Llama Llama Mad at Mama at least 5 times through till he passed out again. He finally was out at 10 pm. Hopefully he makes it through the rest of the night!

And, as a bonus, I think I've memorized all the text for Llama Llama Mad at Mama.