The quality time helps. I know she misses me and then when her dad isn't here, she misses him.
She went to bed by 8:40 last night (sitter put her down, and I spen 30 mins reading to her, talking to her, looking at stars on the ceiling). She woke back up at 3:30 this time. I got her back down immediately. She woke back up 10 minutes later. got her back down, she was back up again 10 mins later. And then - and this is the part where I flounder b/c it's late, I'm tired (I went to bed at 10:45) I lie next to her and hold her hand. But then she is up saying "mommy mommy" (very quietly) so I got next to her in her bed, but neither of us were comfortable (it's a toddler bed!) and then I pulled her bed closer to mine - held her hand from my bed to hers, but she eventually climbed into my bed. I don't want to cosleep with her. But at this point, I'm going what I can. We tossed and turned for several hours - I massaged her whole body, told her how important sleep is, reminded her we're having a halloween party today and who is coming and how we need to to sleep before they come, and also that everything is okay. Mommy is here, and we're just fine.
Next thing I woke up and it's 10 am! My sitter was already here - my day is getting started late. Ah. This can't go on. At least we got more sleep than the night before. But I really don't want to start bad habits.
