I know I talk a lot about putting Ava to sleep, but again, that’s what Kate and I (well, Kate more than me of course) spend most of our time doing. So here it is, the process documented for all to see. Just like the title says, it’s a three stage process. Yep, we’ve LEANED it out as much as we can, no more extraneous steps to remove. Step 1: activity. Step 2: yawn. Step 3: sleep. Pretty simple, though of course you don’t see all the crying and fussing in between step 2 and 3. We tried to LEAN that step out, but Ava justa doesn’t seem to want to cooperate. Anyway, I’m sure you’re as tired of my process management-geekiness as you are of my tech-geekiness, so I’ll stop with the LEAN references. By the way, my folks are coming out next week, and Kate is going back to work, so for a while I’ll be guiding Ava through this process during the day as well as the evening. Wish me luck!