Blanket: Friend or Foe?

Every day and every night my husband and I struggle getting our daughter to fall asleep.  I remember when we used to tell her that it was time to go to bed and she would gather her laptop and her toy cell phone and she would walk with us to her room.  We would change her diaper, give her a kiss, and walk away.  There she would lay in her bed and play on her laptop or her phone and eventually she would fall asleep.  But now, you would think we give her a can of soda before nap time or bed time.  It is a nightmare trying to get her calm and to fall asleep.  I can't exactly leave her room otherwise she cries or throws a fit.  It's getting to the point where I am crying hysterically cause she is exhausting me.

One thing that drives me crazy when I put her down for nap time is when she is laying in bed and I cover her up.  Then she kicks the covers off so I put the covers away from her, but then she wants them back.  Then as soon as she is covered again she kicks them off.  It is an exhausting game she plays.  I swear we must have covered her and uncovered her at least 100 times today during nap time.  I know next time I should just take it away but my son was falling asleep and I didn't want her crying or screaming to wake him up.  It is days like today I wish I could just clone myself so I can get stuff done.

Luckily I don't put her to bed at night anymore.  My husband does that, and he struggles getting her to fall asleep, too.  I am hoping and praying that once she starts school it will be a lot easier as she will have daily activities at school to keep her busy.  I try to keep her active at home but sometimes it's not easy when I have my son to watch and take care of as well.

I have been working on the wedding card yesterday and today.  I'm almost done.  I can't wait til I am done so that's one less thing I have to worry about.  I need to finish the laundry I did last week as well.  It seems laundry is one thing I take forever to finish.

By the way, my daughter has no patience and can't wait til she starts building that.  That is all.