even after such a short time, i believe I have an honest relationship with this mom and bedtime is consistent as far as I know. I do know that since starting here her nighttime sleep has improved significantly according to mom. She is very appreciative of how well things have become at home although its still up and down with the difference being that they rarely if ever had any good nights at all. DCG has started waking between 5 and 5:45 and most often does not go back to sleep. Normally I can figure these things out but there is just no rhyme or reason to this little ones sleeping habits. I will ask mom tonight about bedtime and suggest perhaps a later bedtime depending on what time she goes down. I think that i am going to take the suggestion that i put a few toys into the playpen with her. she didtn sleep at all this afternoon and was yelling loudly so i assumed that she had pooped which is usually when she is really loud but she hadnt so i dont know what the problem was today. part of me wonders if i should put her with the other kids and maybe she would take comfort knowing that she isnt alone but i'm not sure that would be a good idea.