"Rock-A-Bye-Baby..."

I'm on a mission. To be putting my toddler to bed at a reasonable hour, all of us happy and content at the fact - within 30 days. It's something we should have been working on long before now, but what is, is, and now we have a 14 month old who's still up at 10:00pm most nights, fighting going to sleep. My wife and I literally don't get anything done during the evenings because it takes both of us to get the job done.

She really is an amazing baby. Once she is asleep, she sleeps through the night 99% of the time and has for a long time. We absolutely have no complaints - she's happy, playful, smart as a whip, kind, loving, and sweet as can be. If there's fault to be handed out - it's ours, not hers. She just wants to keep going, doesn't want to miss out on anything. Our frustration is shameful at times, and it doesn't create an aire of success to the end of the day - and we don't get a break.

So, instead of the poor us victim game, we're going to help her and help ourselves at the same time. Some research and reading, a change in our habits and routines, and 'enter the sandman.' It's time we all grow up and enter the next stage of our development.

More on this, I'm sure - hopefully success stories!