We're slowly starting to create a bedtime routine. Starting somewhere between 8pm and 8:30pm, we change Elizabeth into a sleeper, read her a bedtime story, say our prayers and go to bed.  Mom and dad usually go to bed then as well, because Elizabeth is definitely a morning person, wanting to get up and play well before either of us are ready.  We're actually quite lucky - this time is usually around 6 or 7 in the morning, which we understand is a fairly normal time to get up.  It's a bit like being back in school!  Yeah - so having later hours is one of the perks of being self-employed...

Her inability to sleep any longer might also have something to do with needing a diaper change.  We often only change her once or occasionally not at all during the night.  In fact, once she goes to bed around 8 or 8:30pm, she basically wakes up to feed two or three times and goes right back to sleep. I kind of suspect she ought to be changed more often, but the principle of changing the baby as soon as it is needed collides directly against the principle of "never waking a sleeping baby".  Since mom and dad also subscribe to the principle of not getting up in the middle of the night unless we really really have to, sleep always wins over changing.  When I was pregnant I read a book that suggested that parents should just whip the diaper off and back on again while the unsuspecting child was sleeping without waking it up.  My more experienced self has conceded that this is not a skill I am likely to master, at least not with this child.

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