What’s a good bedtime......

Ella is older than Mikey but we put her to bed around 8pm at the moment.. can be later, not usually earlier in summertime.. lately has been 9pm - argh! But it suits us as we go out all the time during the summer.. keep her up late for bbq's, outdoor concerts etc etc. She loves it and we have lots of fun taking her places.. the only downfall is that she hardly ever sleeps in! Wakes up about 6am.. And if she does sleep in there is no nap for her that day.. doesn't want it! I am not giving in on that one nap though, I try to get her to have it every day..

roksana, i heard back from the sleep expert and she gave me alot of suggestions.
she said there are 4 things i need to look at: routine, swaddling, positive sleep associations and self settling.
with routine, i have to try to stop him from associating feeding with sleeping, so i have to give him his feeds other times rather than just when i put him to bed.
she also said it's probably time to stop wrapping mikey, she suggested i try a sleeping bag instead.
with positive sleep associations she says i should try to get him used to a comfort blankie, preferably something that smells like me so that he can use that instead of me to get himself back to sleep when he wakes up. also, having a cd going quietly on repeat in his room through the night might help as well.
with self settling (i guess this is the hardest part) i have to choose a plan and stick to it!! no giving up. she suggested i read a book called "no cry sleep sollution for toddlers".

so hopefully you find something there that can apply to zaara as well.

i've thought about that but when mikey wakes, he's not really hungry, he just takes a little feed anyway. it's really just for comfort. if i thought he was waking up hungry then i would definitely feed him.
ah well, we'll see how it goes once i've got a sleeping bag for him. cross fingers that it works.

here's a photo of mikey sleeping like an angel in his new sleeping bag (thanks ana!!!). he went to sleep without a feed for once with very minimal crying!!! let's just see how he goes tonight *cross fingers*.

ohhhh....where do I get one of those???