Our kids have the best sleeping habits. They are both terrific sleepers. They go to bed with relatively little fuss and early. Even if they aren't tired yet, they will go to bed and sing or sneeze or mumble themselves to sleep.
Joel gave up his nap months ago or has it been a year? But he still takes naps on Sunday after lunch. For my sanity's sake, really. And when he does, he gets to stay up for an hour or so after Jamie goes to bed. It's great for us. And usually Harlan has Sunday night rehearsals, so I enjoy having his company.
For many months we were trying to transition them to sleeping together in the same room. We have the bunk beds down side by side with matching linens. They would, like all siblings, talk each other to sleep, wake each other up, get in each others' beds, run around, kick, jump, etc. We thought we were teaching them to bond and be more respectful of each other. But mostly, it was just unpleasant for all.
We were taking two excellent boys who were going to bed in their separate rooms and sleeping happily 12+ hours a night and reducing them to less than 10 hours of sleep and battling a 2+ hour nighttime routine. What were we thinking? This cannot be worth having a guest bedroom and bonded brothers.
So we heeded all our family's advice and put Joel in the guest bedroom. Now, we have harmony again. They go to bed quickly, quietly, peacefully at 6pm, and sleep until 7:30am.
And now, because they are separated, they want to spend their every waking moment together.
2 comments:
that is awesome...12 hours!! good for them and for you. And they look happy in the day time...we all need separation from those we love.
i love it when i put the girls down and i know they are really asleep. and then i can breathe or sit down or drink my own glass of water without sharing, and pee without interruptions. i love bed time!!!!
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