I found the time

Update on my plan to wake up early to get some time before the kids… That’s not for me! Honestly, it’s for the birds. I found myself absolutely exhausted come 7pm, and my kids aren’t in bed until about 8pm. ROUGH. That’s what that was.. Just ROUGH Here’s what I’m doing instead: Bedtime has gotten a revamp. I’m not doing the 2 hour long bedtime non-sense anymore. Was it my own doing and creation? yes, I take full responsibility for my actions in creating bedtime monsters.

Am I saying I’m going full Ferber method and letting them all just cry/scream themselves to sleep? No of course not. What I am doing is setting up actual boundaries. I will tuck in, I will rock, I will read, how every many times and for however long till 8pm. Then it’s done, I’m going downstairs. If the little middles (3.5yo and 2yo) need a cuddle or a reassurance that the dark isn’t scary or a back rub for 10 minutes, of course. But they need to be laying down and I’m not going to try and wrestle with a little baby alligator doing gymnastics in the bed. Also, I’m done worrying about what they’re doing quietly upstairs. If they want to play quietly with Legos and read books till 10pm, I’m letting it go. (They’re going to have to get up on time, but if the 8 year old wants to figure that out the hard way, go crazy kid).

My main point is, I’m setting better boundaries and I’m letting go some of the control over the little things. I will report back soon if this works better…

It’s not about perfect it’s about improvement, right?