Good morning. Night owl baby was up until 11 last night. We’ve just been following her cues (trying to), keeping the room dim and quiet, reading books, letting her wander around but discouraging pulling out more toys. I think around 10:30 she was sitting on the floor playing with her wooden box with the holes in it, where you poke balls through with a wooden gavel. She likes that game. And yesterday she may have mastered the zipper on her fabric bag. Anyway. Close to 11 I finally picked her up and carried her around, she lay her head on my shoulder, so I knew she was close. But man oh man was I tired as hell. I almost fell asleep on the couch myself while Brian was reading her new (favorite) book, “I am a Bunny.”

So of course here it is almost 8am and she remains asleep. Not for long. I’m going to try pushing up her wake-up time in an effort to get her to be sleepier at night. Wish me luck.

This pattern seems like it’s only been going on a couple weeks, and I don’t know what triggered it. I know there was a point in December and earlier when I was getting her down around 9 without much of a struggle, and then I would happily read in bed beside her for an hour. I miss that. Wonder what happened?