sleeping

Since we'd gotten back from Jordan in July I've had to ride around in the car for her nap. I did that for many months until around early December when she didn't want to nap any more. Now she'll take occasional naps after watching the aforementioned Toy Story or other video, or on the way to pick up B from school, which is at 3pm and kinda late for a nap. So on days when she doesn't nap I try to bathe her early and then get to sleep by 8, which occurs in my bed after watching Toy Story and/or Pooh and then maybe reading a couple books (these days she wants Herbie the Hippo and Cruzer the Crocodile in Spanish). But oftentimes, too, she just wants to fall asleep to football which is a good thing we have the NFL network! I try not to be lying down with her as she drifts off into slumberland and she does very well with just staying in bed and calling for me sometimes without getting out of it. After she sleeps, I put her in her crib--which is soon to be dismantled because she tries to climb out of it and I know another family that needs it-- and she stays in her bed all night sometimes but this week she's been waking at the 2-3AM hour which is when I bring her in bed with me/us.