Well, we've been trying Steven's new bedtime routine for two weeks now, so I thought it was time for an update.
After a few days of putting him back to bed every minute for well over an hour, we began to notice a change. He would come out a few times, then wait ten minutes or so, then try coming out again. This would repeat several times before he would finally fall asleep. This was encouraging, since it gave us the chance to get a couple things done in our evening, and also suggested that maybe he was starting to get the idea.
We also made an adjustment to our routine to intercept him at his door when he tried getting up. We found that he was enjoying the chase around the house after he got out of his room. He started crying a lot more once we wouldn't let him leave his room, but pretty quickly he started trying to get up less frequently.
There was a slow improvement over the next few days, with some days better than others. Then last Saturday he only got up once! We were in shock! And very excited. (Though we didn't have any delusion that our problems were over.) The next night he got up around 6 times. The next night he didn't get up at all.
Then tonight it took an hour and a half to get him to sleep. I'm not all that surprised. I guessed there would be setbacks along the way. At least there were still enough gaps between having to put him back to bed that I was able to take care of Kenneth and get a couple things done.
So the story continues, but I'm glad that we don't have to dread bedtime anymore!
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