In the last month, our one-year-old has developed a terrible habit—keeping us up until 1:00 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She’s not cranky or crying. She just won’t sleep<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So she plays and plays and plays until she can’t walk straight, and then we cart her off to bed and cross our fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes she sleeps, sometimes she doesn’t. When she doesn’t, we hang our heads and trudge back to the living room for more playtime and stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One night, I took her on a walk around the neighborhood at 1:00 am until she fell asleep. It didn’t feel creepy until<\/strong> I saw some dude limping down the street, fidgeting with his shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another night, we loaded her up in the car at 12:30 am and drove around for 45 minutes. But she never<\/strong> fell asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You name it, we’ve tried it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the worst part<\/strong> isn’t the baby keeping us up late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When she does finally fall asleep, she wakes up every hour to two hours. Sometimes every 30 minutes to an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She’s killing us, slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n