Hurray. We have shifted house and have gotten rid of the Bed bugs. Rakshitha was still getting up some 3 times at night. Still I had to rock her back to sleep. But now she is sleeping in her own bed and gets up just once for water.
Sometimes things happen in our life which seems like the moment we were waiting for. That is what happened to me also. Library is very near to my present house. One day I thought of taking Rakshitha there by afternoon that too by walk. She was naughty throughout the 10 minutes journey. By the time we reached there I was getting afraid about my walk back.
She loved the place. When she was playing there I was looking for books for her. We read some 3 books in the Library itself. Then we started to leave. Then suddenly some thing caught my eyes. It was the word SLEEP. I went near that book and took it in my hand. It was "Good Night, Sleep Tight" by Kim West also known as "The Sleep Lady". Something told me this book was waiting for me.
Really now I can answer my previous post, "Who is the Culprit". It was me. When I tried to follow the instructions in the book, I learnt an important thing. Children can be made to do things easily if we struggle for just a day or two. Within 2 days Rakshitha started to realise it was her bed where she should sleep. Even when she wakes up at night, I pat her a little and she sleeps. She no longer wants to be rocked. Thanks to the wonderful book.
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