Night time struggles

During the last week and a half of break Tristan was so hard to put down at night time.  He would cry and scream for hours.  I felt so badly because 1.) I didn't want the neighbors to think we were horrible parents 2.) I didn't want him waking Lucy up.  I had no idea what had changed and why he was being so difficult to put to sleep.  It actually got to the point where we dreaded night time because it's really hard hearing your toddler scream and cry for hours.  There was nothing that would really console him either... nothing sort of getting in bed with him (which, of course, we weren't going to do).  It got to the point where we would try to schedule activities so that he would have a car ride on the way home and he would hopefully fall asleep that way.

I would definitely say as a parent I have been extremely blessed (and lucky) with kids who aren't difficult to put to sleep.  I know that there are children that are normally like this, but I didn't know how to handle it.  There was a lot of praying that went home, and hoping that they would be heard quickly!  Its funny how much a routine/schedule does for children.  I wouldn't think that it would make such a difference, but oh, boy how it does!

Luckily, they where heard, and he is back to being awesome.  He likes his little night time ritual.  We pick up his letters and then he likes to sing the alphabet song and spin around and be silly.  Then, he brushes his own teeth, pottys up and gets tucked in.  Then, Papa reads him a story out of the bible, and then they make up a story together.  They pray, and then that's it.  He stays in bed.  It's awesome.  And, we did get a chance to talk with our neighbors and they said that they don't hear anything... which is very good. I know that it can be grinding on us to hear that, but on people who don't know the situation, it could be even worse.

God is good and I'm glad that He reveals His goodness in little ways like this!

JVG