The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Wee Yin will not sleep in her cot - she will only sleep if she is in the bed with Mum and Dad. As much as we love this, we have been trying to get her to go down in her own bed so other people can put her to sleep if we are not there. It's harder than you think!

We have tried a bunch of different methods but everyone meets the same reaction - she will lie sleeping and relaxed for about 5 minutes then the hands will start to move like John Travolta shooting for the disco lights in Saturday Night Fever. Seconds later her eyes will start moving and her mouth will start to grimace like her bed is made out of broken glass (it's not)... next thing you know the screaming starts and you shoot out of your own bed like you just discovered George Dubya naked under your covers. It's a helluva way to start a night!

We have concluded that she loves our body heat - it is the only thing it can really be as her basinet (cot) is physically bolted onto the side of our bed and she gets to feel all the movement we make in there as well.

Oh the joys of parenthood!...........