It isn't that bedtime is terrible for us or that we have major struggles in the middle of the night, but bedtime hasn't been relaxing and fun lately. So when it became clear that Noah would be spending part of the summer in Nebraska on his grandparents' farm, we decided it's the perfect opportunity to work with Ava on her sleeping. While it's probably time to start working on good sleeping habits with Levi, we haven't made that a priority yet, so I'll focus on Noah and Ava in this post.
This isn't the first time we're tackling sleep; here are two previous posts if you want to catch up:
Our goals
Our main goal is for bedtime to be positive relaxing family time for everyone instead of what feels like a daily battle. Especially for working parents, this can be such a tough time. You've worked all day, and now that you finally get to spend some time with your kids, instead of everyone enjoying each other's company, you're dealing with tears and power battles. At one point, we managed to have a really positive bedtime routine with Noah, and that's what I want to get back to.