Little L'ie Bear: But I Don't Want To Sleep!

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, L'ie Bear learned how to sit up and play whenever we placed her in the crib. And this has been a very challenging milestone for Chad and I, because she simply refused to go to sleep. A typical nightly routine would go as follows:

7:30 - Place L'ie Bear in her crib

7:31 - L'ie Bear sits up and begins playing with her toys as we listen

to her happy babbling on the baby montior

7:45 - L'ie Bear begins to cry

7:55 - Chad and I go upstairs and lay her back down

7:56 - L'ie Bear sits up and begin playing with her toys again.

8:05 - L'ie Bear begins to cry again

8:15 - Chad and I go upstairs and lay her back down again

8:16 - ....

You get the idea. The process was constantly repeated for an hour or so each night! And each night, Chad and I would wonder what happened to our baby who normally went to bed with no problem at all.

"But I don't want to go to sleep"

After speaking with her pediatrician and some other moms, we realized that this was a very normal setback in L'ie Bear's sleep routine. She was so proud to discover this new skill, that she wanted to keep sitting up whenever we put her down. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite sure how to lie back down and would cry out for help. Everyone assured us that this stage would not last long and her pediatrician recommended that we do whatever possible to wear her out in the meantime.

So, "Operation Wear Bear Out" began!

We tried wearing her out from playtime...