Parents of toddlers and former toddlers. I need guidance.
Em has been going to bed at 7:30 since she was about 8 months old. There is a whole bedtime routine - bath, books, kisses, lights off. There has been very little problems with this. As of late, she is getting out of bed a number of times - wanting more stories, water, etc. She is also getting up at 2am - almost on the dot - and getting into bed with us.
Are we putting her down too early? Should we adjust bedtime to 8:00 so that she goes to sleep and sleeps through the night? Should we just keep her bedtime as it is and just keep reinforcing it and not let her into bed with us? Do we get her some Ambien? Should I look in the closet for the spaceship this new creature came in when she traded places with my sleeping girl??