Last night....

It's becoming a tradition for Brynnlee to Skype with Jeff at night if he is working. We keep it brief, but she gets excited to see him. After the chat, I got Brynnlee ready for bed. She had her milk and I laid her down. Nowadays I will hold her hands and have her walk up the staircase. Last week she climbed out of her crib and as standing at the top of the staircase. We need to work on her skills with the staircase (and I need to work on cleaning them off)! Brynnlee always has her monkey when she goes to bed, but I also put her dog Violet in bed with her because she play lyllabyes. Nighttime was becoming a bit of a struggle, because she doesn't fall right asleep. She likes to play for awhile, talk to herself, gnaw on her crib and bang the crib rail protectors. Since this issue started I have removed the crib rail covers, and pray she stops eating her crib! I lay her down, turn on Violet and cover her up with a blanket (I usually leave two blankets in her crib. She will cover up with one and hold onto the other with monkey). Typically she will stay up any where from 10 minutes to 45 minutes. Last night she was up for close to an hour. She let out a little cry and whimper as I walked down the stairs, but that was it. Other then those noises she played until she finally caved in and fell asleep. About a half an hour after I laid her down I could hear her fake snoring. It was so cute! I love listening to her when she's in her crib. She talks and plays with her monkey and Violet (they must have a thing for each other because she is always making them kiss!). Bedtime routine is tricky some nights. She gets a bath every other night (which is time consuming because she loves her baths, and she typically poops in the tub...which extends her bath because I have to drain it and refill it). Then we try to sit her on her potty (which is extremely hit or miss, but we are just trying to introduce her). Once she has her milk, we have to try to remember to have her brush her teeth...this is my flaw. I NEVER remember to have her brush! Its one part of the night time routine that I need to work through.