New Stall Tactics

I've written about our bedtime woes before, but tonight we reached a new low and had a breakthough. It was about 7:30 when Tim announced that it was time for us to take Collin upstairs to read some stories. Collin, who had been asking to watch Mickey Mouse and Over the Hedge all night long, promptly replied "No, Daddy. Collin wants to watch the news!" Anything to avoid going to bed, but the news is a new one for us. So we took Collin upstairs, read him a few stories and told him it was time for bed. Then we reflected on why no one else we know has problems like ours at bedtime while Collin screamed at the top of his lungs. At some point he must have realized that the screaming was futile because I heard him upstairs playing and singing. We know he wasn't in bed when we went downstairs, but when Tim came back upstairs to pick Collin up off the floor and put him in bed, he was already there! This is a big deal for us, keep your fingers crossed that he keeps it up!