Sleeping Arrangements

The saga of bedtime continues. Thanks to my cousin's zombie spoof, Sydney still refuses to sleep in her room. She is terrified of the dark. It's not even dark in her room. She's always had her radio that emits a bright glow. We recently put a night light in her room too. After Saturday's episode, we tried adding a second night light. She also has her own flash light. She still won't sleep in there. As soon as I turn out the light and close the door, she starts screaming in fright. Saturday, Sunday and Monday she ended up sleeping with us. Well, she is a busy body until she finally passes out at night. She wiggles around, bounces her babies, sings to herself, etc. I'm a very light sleeper. Any small sound or movement will usually wake me up. So all 3 nights she kept me up past midnight from all her antics trying to go to sleep. Eric decided last night he wanted to try putting her bed in our room and see how she did with that. We tried putting her to bed in her room first, but that was a disaster. So he moved her bed into our room. I had to take away one toy before she complied with staying in her bed and not getting up or talking. She was still awake later than she should have been, but not as late as the past 3 nights. We shall see how tonight goes. Hopefully we can get her back in her room soon.