Tallulah was the same way when I brought her home -- went into her mesh pen willingly at bedtime and slept through the night - as long as I was in bed right next to her pen. The last couple of weeks she started crying when I put to bed and wouldn't settle down. Sleeping with me is not an option -- first of all, George would not appreciate it, but (don't tell him but more important) my bed is way too high and I know Tallulah would injure herself jumping off. Plus she's not housebroken yet and isn't allowed to be loose in the house without supervision.
Our new routine is that we have a nice long play session until 1/2 to 1 hour before bedtime. Then we watch a little TV while we settle down. Finally we get in my bed and snuggle until she's been sleeping for 10 minutes or so. At that point she's so sleepy she doesn't want to be bothered, and goes willingly into her pen. Unless she needs to go potty at night, she sleeps right through, and in fact it's hard to get her to wake up in the morning. |