it's about time

Last night makes the fourth night in a row that Leni has slept through the night. It's about time.

To her credit, since about 2 months old, she has only woken up for food. She would get up, eat, and be back asleep, sometimes even before she was done eating. Yes, yes, there were the odd nights that she got up and couldn't get back to sleep, but that happens to everyone sometimes, and they didn't happen to her often.

About three months ago we instituted the bed time routine, which after a bumpy start, has proven to be extremely effective (for us). Now she wants/needs to be put to bed at 7 pm. So we do. The last two nights that has meant she insists on being put to sleep without her second dinner, so she wakes up an hour later, remembers she hasn't eaten, and demands food. But since it happens around 8 (and she goes right back to sleep) and I am still awake, I don't count it against her ability to sleep until 7 in the morning, when we start our daily routine all over again.

She's such a good sleeper. Just one of the many things my daughter does really well.