The hands that rock the cradle  My absolute worst - when they
fall asleep in the car. Then you have the quandary of waking
them upon arrival when you transfer them inside. Or you can
drive around for an hour letting them sleep while you fall
asleep at the wheel.  So much has been written about how to get
kids and toddlers to sleep (Yes, I admit I’ve read and even
followed Save our Sleep!), what parents get up to when the kids
have finally gone to sleep (my mentors and compatriots, who
wrote Cocktails at Naptime are the first ones that spring to my
mind).  There’s also a bit of braver, but rare literature out
there on how difficult it is getting the kids/babies to sleep
(Go the F to Sleep is one of my favourites).  But I am yet to
find anything written about the delicate time bracket starting
just from the moment the kids/babies have just fallen asleep to
the moment they wake up on their own. Until this post of mine,
of course! Continue reading  How abstinence paid off (in
the end)