I think you would all agree that kids (babies in particular) change ALL the time. One thing that works today can totally falter tomorrow. Luke liked dried apricots for months until after his trip to the states that he decided it's the yuckiest thing in the world. I can't even count on one hand how many different timings for bed I have tried with Madison so that she would sleep till 7 in the morning (currently it's down at 7pm, but I have tried many different times within the range of 5:30pm to 7:30pm). You know what I mean.
But there's one thing that always works.
It's a song. Or more specifically, a lullaby.
Have you guys heard the song "Stay Awake" from the movie Mary Poppins?
It's the song that the super nanny sang to Jane and Michael one night when they refused to go to sleep. The lyrics were designed to persuade the children to stay awake instead of falling asleep, a tactful application of reverse psychology.
Anyway, that happens to be the one song that works every time with my kids. I can sing it to them the moment they wake up and they'll fall back to sleep. Just kidding, it's not that powerful.
But close.
Maybe it's the reverse psychology.
Maybe it's the tune.
But I never get to finish the song. They would doze off at "you're not sleep as you seem."
So even I'm bored to death about singing the same song the same time every night, I can't switch.
Stay awake, don't rest your head
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