The Sleep Chronicles - Going With the Flow

I have to laugh (a little) at people who complain when their kids don't sleep past 7:00am. Especially when they are talking about babies under 2 years old. Not that there is something magic that happens when a child turns 2, but still. Willow usually wakes up sometime in the 5:30am half hour. Every day. Without fail. I would give a LOT to be able to sleep IN until 7:00am.

But, now I am going with the flow and I am letting her nap for as long as she would like and we are actually putting her to bed earlier and she is (surprisingly) sleeping better.

That's another lesson. If you are the type of person who likes everything on a "schedule", having a baby is probably not for you. Babies don't do what you want them to. And I have found that if you try to force them to do something, they hold out even longer before they are "ready".

Yes, you may feel like you know better (since you are the adult and all) but figuring out stuff on your own evidently starts early and it's what kids need to do to learn, right?