Mistake?

Lately every night bedtime with Hannah has become quite a chore.

I do need to re-establish her bedtime routine...having the girls sharing a room makes this a little more tricky but we can still do it.

The real issue is for at least an hour after she's in bed there is crying on and off and whining and needing someone to lay with her and rub her back etc. Which I do all of these things and Chris does too and we don't mind. But for weeks this has been going on and it seems to be getting more dramatic...which results in waking up Ava.

So tonight about 90mins after we had put Hannah in bed, rubbed her back, told her stories, got her water etc she was still crying. So my solution: Jersey. Jersey is our lab/terrier mix who is SUPER cuddly. If you sit on the ground she will gladly (and quickly) run over and "curl up" (she over-flows) on your lap. Tonight I'm letting Jersey sleep in the girls room. Mistake? We'll see.

Hannah is almost asleep and so is Jersey. She's only been in there 15 mins. I may regret this tomorrow...

Goodnight!
Kate