Our Creature of The Night

February 7, 2011: Julia has been a handful lately when it comes to going to bed and staying in her bed. A few weeks ago she discovered she could crawl out of her crib. Since then she has been getting out several times at bedtime and doing all sorts of things. Sometimes she will come out to see us in the living room several times, sometimes she just plays in her room which is a problem because Casey is in there and she is exhausted. Last night I heard noise and when I went in she was in the bathroom next to their room she had taken off her sleepsack, pjs, and diaper and had gone into the laundry basket and totally dressed herself in Casey's clothes (tights, a skirt, a long sleeved t shirt with a t shirt over it). She was back in her bedroom standing next to a sleeping Casey and staring at her. Sometimes it is hard not to laugh, but also, at the end of a long day with the kids and what feels like sleepless weeks I can lose my mind too. She has also been hopping out of bed at 5:00 in the morning almost every day. Some days she comes and wakes us up, some days she just plays in her room and bothers Casey. Either way the rest of the family is up hours before they want to be and are all tired by mid morning. After last nights adventure (getting into a different outfit) and then waking Casey up at 5 this morning (I went in and the lights were on and Casey was already getting dressed for school) we decided it was time to finally do something about it. So we moved Julia into Molly's room and moved Molly in with Casey. We are having JJ try out the big Queen sized bed in her new room and we put a bunch of toys in there so she can entertain herself when she wakes up with the rooster. We'll probably lock her door and hopefully everyone will get a little more sleep. We'll see...