To all my fellow Minti addicts and friends.......

                   
                                          

                ...........I wish you a very happy and safe New Year.

To all of my wonderful Minti friends.........Merry Christmas..............I'm sorry that I didn't get to say hi to all of you.

Merry Christmas.......
Take care and be well over the festive season

Miss Cheeky Chops age 2.
This was a really good day were she was happy and the photographer had a little bit more time to spend on her.

Do we look alike?

This is me aged 4.

Who say's we don't scrub up alright ;)!!
All dressed up for hubbys work awards night / christmas party.

Miss Cheky Chops sleep is improving at last.
I took her to see my chiropractor today and my goodness the improvement she showed after a few hours was a sight to behold.

Now I just have to tackle her seperation issues!! But that is for another day / another blog.

Take care and be well

Northern Territory

Population
200,000

Capital City
Darwin

Area of State
1,349,130sq km

Climate
The Top End of the Northern Territory has two distinct seasons – the ‘wet’ (November to April), with high humidity and spectacular thunder storms, and the cooler ‘dry’ (May to October) when the weather is perfect for being outdoors. Average yearly temperatures range from 19ºC to 34ºC. The Red Centre has desert summers and winters with low humidity and average yearly temperatures ranging from 2ºC and 36ºC.

Time Zone
Australian Central Standard Time

Daylight Saving
The Northern Territory does not have daylight saving

Animal Emblem
Red Kangaroo

Floral Emblem
Sturt Desert Rose

Major Attractions
Litchfield National Park, Mary River Wetlands, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land, Uluru (Ayers Rock), the Olgas (Kata Tjuta), Katherine Gorge, Kings Canyon, Devil’s Marbles and the MacDonnell Ranges.

Devil's Marbles Ayers Rock

 I’m having so much trouble with Miss Cheeky Chops at the moment with regards to sleep.
She has always been clingy but it is getting a bit ridiculous now.

Short story:
We went to Adelaide without hubby for 3 wks holiday in which we shared a bed. When we got home hubby had taken her cot apart and set up a toddler bed.

Now we can't get her to sleep anywhere, unless I am there. She has discovered that she can open the doors so she lets herself out of whatever room she is in. She has taken to following me around the house and sleeping outside whatever room I'm in.

So I’ve been sitting with her in her room until she falls asleep and then I quietly leave. I think she must be in a really light sleep in which she wakes up because I’m not there. As a result she is waking up to four times. I was going into her room and resettling her, but found I was going to sleep on her floor anyway - negating the whole process.

Ok.

We try putting her in her room and taking turns at holding the door shut until she eventually falls to sleep. Lots of screaming and temper tantrums follow this method. As well as a very tired and cranky Miss Cheeky Chops which I have to deal with the next day.

Day six and there is still no improvement, I'm at my wits end as being a night owl I don't get much sleep.

On day seven we decided she should co sleep with us (This only works if I lay down with her) - guess what she's gotten what she wanted. The advantage being she sleeps the whole night through now and also sleeps longer in the mornings.

This whole process is repeated for her afternoon naps as well :(
What am I to do?

I have read nearly every scrap of advice on Minti about sleep and been to see my child health nurse who assures me I’m on the right path.
And that was the short version lol.

Thanks for listening to my vent