My 8-Year-Old Daughter Slept Alone, But Every Morning She Said Her Bed Felt “Too Small”—Then I Checked the 2 A.M. Security Footage

the hallway at night. We also hung a large, brightly colored sign on Lily’s door that read Lily’s Room, Private, hoping the visual cue might help trigger something in Eleanor’s memory during those nighttime wandering episodes.

The first night after making those changes, my phone buzzed at exactly 2:15 a.m. I woke immediately and followed Nathan out continue reading …