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Like having a toddler decide that bedtime is right this second, and no it cannot wait while you cook dinner, My Mummy (her latest phrase, which makes me sound like some weird deity or something).
The last two nights, Abbey has had major evening meltdowns and been in bed between 5 and 5.30pm. Steve and I have worried over whether she'd wake during the night, starving and ready to start her day at 3am... and then shrugged and enjoyed a couple of quiet evenings together.
Our concerns proved wrong, as she's slept 14 hours each of those nights, waking at her usual morning time. Perfect - except for my regret of not taking to bed super early myself and sharing an amount of sleep that is made up of double digits. Unfortunately, my inner control freak took over and I made the most of the opportunity to work instead.
Tonight I learnt my lesson (not the sleep lesson, though), and had dinner prepared and ready to serve by 4.30pm. Yes, you read that correctly. And I channelled my inner European Mama, grinning as I watched her gobble it all up and offering her seconds and thirds (which she willingly ate). I do love that feeling of putting a full-bellied child to bed.
All that sleep, combined with all that food (this was also a day that saw her eat a punnet of strawberries, two eggs and two pieces of toast for lunch) leads me to believe we may have a little girl about to hit a growth spurt.
Either that or she's inherited my appetite.
7 comments:
Sounds like a growth spurt to me!! Enjoy a few nights of free time :)
what a nice little unexpected treat - sleep. And sounds like you might also get to go and do some clothes shopping soon too.
time to save up for some new shoes … i can hear the growth spurt express acomin'! xt
i love the "My Mummy", weird deity or not, i think it is very very cute!
She must need the sleep - maybe I should try putting my boys to bed ridiculously early, they have seemed extra tired lately.I wouldn't know what to do with myself from 5.30pm onwards though!
Gill xo
Ah yes... I have that strange idea that I need to put my babies to bed stuffed full of food too! It works with the big three but the little one is determined to eat during the night no matter what!
Enjoy your early nights!
Definitely a growth spurt.
Mmmm sleep. I have to have dinner ready at 4:30 now as well, because Riley is so exhausted at the end of her nap-free day and if it's much later than that she's just too tired to eat. I completely agree. Few things compare to the maternal satisfaction of a sleeping full-bellied child!
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