Apparently I suck at blogging...who knew? Oh well, such is life. Bedtime was one of my daughter's hardest tasks with KC, so it was something I knew I wanted to keep simple. Part of the problem was Daughter's belief that KC needed to learn to sleep through anything, which meant she kept the lights on, the TV blaring, and then put him in a headlock so he couldn't move and rocked him for hours while he screamed.

Our routine is a little easier. At 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM, he gets a sippy cup of milk, brushes his teeth, and gets put to bed with his binky. Because of the extreme heat, we're both sleeping in the air conditioned living room, rather than my unventilated and extremely hot bedroom. I turn off the TV, close the curtains, shut off the light, and get on the computer. I also have 27 minutes of instrumental music I play. He rarely makes it past the second song.

Since my DVR is not working, this means I'm missing out on most of my TV watching, but it also means I get some quiet time twice a day. Since the surgery, I've been napping when he naps and most nights I'm in bed by 8:30. All in all, it's working for both of us.

KC - 5 minutes after being put down.