The downside with traveling with kids is that their routines, and especially their sleep routines, get messed up completely. Com-plete-ly. It is understandable though as they have to sleep in a new bed, new room, etc but it’s a pain in the neck to get the routines back on track once your holiday is over.
So, now that we are back home after our fabby holiday - it’s time to pay the piper! Ethan (who was sleeping through the night by himself in the top bunk) now only wants to sleep in ‘mommy’s bed’ or have someone lay with him until he falls asleep. “No way, José!” – we said and decided to suffer through the '3-night cry-it-out method' that Super Nanny taught us. Gotta love Super Nanny! The same lady gave us the 'Time out'/'Naughty seat' which works like a charm...most of the time.
The method itself is excruciating to go through as kids seem to be born with a 'pull all the heart strings at once-gene', which enables them to scream and cry for England; however we are on the third night now and hopefully we’ll have a routine back after this… until we travel up north in two weeks time! And then it’s back to square one.
Hudson on the other hand is perfectly happy to go sleep by himself whenever and wherever, as long as he gets a few drops of milk in his little tummy.
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