Lately we have had a bit of a difficult time getting the "princess" to go to sleep. Her brother, on the other hand, is perfectly content to be placed in the crib wide awake. He loves to entertain himself with the wide variety of things in his crib - the aquarium which provides lights and music (which he LOVES to turn on and off repeatedly), his pacifier (on occasion), his feet, his thumb, or just talking to himself.
Ella is a different story. She has to be in just the right state of mind to "accept" sleep. Otherwise she fights it - and boy, can she put up a fight. You can rock her, sing to her, walk her around, dance on your head, or pull your own hair out..but until she is ready..she is not going down lightly.
The pictures above are from two recent nights of Ella putting her foot down. The top picture is from a night when Mommy was alone. Mommy just decided she was tired of the shenanigans and the risk of waking up the "good" baby, and brought her downstairs to hang out in the kitchen while she fixed some dinner.
The second picture is of a night that Daddy was home and got to witness the fun. This was one of the rare occasions that Ella was "his" baby that night. Apparently, he subscribes to the same approach.
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