SSSSSSStalling

Going to bed at night has become a huge ordeal in our house. Everything is a battle. We start the routine around 8 or 8:30 each night.

We start with a 5 minute warning "Bedtime in 5 minutes...okay Jenna?" we get a halfhearted "Okay" and then we wait.....

Five minutes later and the showdown begins.

Time to brush your teeth. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT. She doesn't want me to do it, doesn't want to do it herself (and that's a joke anyway)...doesn't want to do it at all.

She doesnt' want to go potty....

She's hot.....She wants to be naked.....

No...she's cold.....She wants her jammies back on.

She doesn't like the pillow she's sleeping on.....

She wants a different stuffed animal......

She wants her baby......

She wants a DIFFERENT baby.......

the one that's in the car......

She needs another "ya-ya" (blankie).

Now the baby needs a "ya-ya".....

She doesn't want the baby.....

She needs her music restarted!!

She needs another "huggie and kissy".

She wants to cuddle.

She needs more eskimo kisses.

She needs another story.

She wants Mommy to read the story.

No...she wants Daddy to read the story.

No....wait...she wants Mommy to read the story while Daddy lays on the floor next to the bed holding the baby.

I could keep going.

Next...we play this constant game of "I'll be back in 5 minutes to check on you"

Then we listen to her yell from her room (we can hear her on the baby monitor)...

"Are you coming?? Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmy?? Daddddddddddddy?? ARE YOU COMING????"

I don't want to complain too much...because I know other parents have it MUCH worse than we do. But I just wish someone could give me some magical answer to this ongoing issue.