So, we did it.
We put our two little buddies in their matching beds in one room together.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012... a day that shall live in infamy.
Ok, Ok... That might be a tiny bit melodramatic.
But Ace Man's face pretty much sums it up thus far....
Along with the following stats...
Night 1 =
41 escape attempts
112 jumps off the beds
11:30 pm bed time... ELEVEN THIRTY!
And yes, we put them to bed at 8 pm.
That is three and a half hours of silly little stunts folks.
And probably at least 57 threats from RyGar and Yours Truly.
Night 2 =
No escape attempts. I refigured the door knob. Lock side is out, suckas!
1 injury from late night jumps off beds... Oh Dax and his injured foot and split lip.
It's getting wild in there.
Bed time at 8 pm.
Actual sleep time 9:45 pm.
Some would call that progress.
Me? I call that being closer to total exhaustion.
And so, despite our attempts to wear those little tigers out... the trend continues.
Today in church Dax was literally a zombie. He got a sticker and put it in his preferred sticker spot, right next to his belly button. Then he walked around holding his shirt tails up with his teeth, flashing his sticker all day in a total daze.
This afternoon he had a four hour nap.
Seems counterintuitive to allow such a long doze when our ultimate goal is a peaceful and swift slumber time, but the kid SERIOUSLY needed some sleep y'all... Remember, sleep begets sleep in young 'ens. (Can't I qualify as a young 'en?)
We have learned that if we threaten to separate them they simmer down a bit sooner.
We have learned that if we threaten to "turn off the circle light" also known as a lamp the shenanigans are at a minimum... for a good three minutes or so.
Ryan suggested telling them that if they get out of a bed a beast would eat off their toes one at a time.
Might resonate... but probably not. :)
So, here we are on day five of our new sleeping sitch... and I ask you... how long until the novelty wears off? How long until we should toss in the towel? How long until this genius idea of mine is actually gonna work?
The thing about both RyGar and me (and hence our kids) is that we're stubborn folk. Reverting back to their separate rooms means admitting defeat. And that.... well, thats an admission that don't come easily, you know?
Mmmm... we're in a bit of a conundrum, we are.
(Why am I suddenly waxing poetic like Yoda?)
In the meantime, along with our unwillingness to "Cry Uncle", we do get one tiny reward in the form of the nuggets of gold we hear through their bedroom door. Oh the things they say are downright hilarious. I should record it and post it on YouTube for everyone to enjoy... it's only fair to those of you that actually read this long and meaningless diatribe about cosleeping.
Here, I'll throw in a cute nakie picture just to even the scales a bit.
Oh good, we're still cyber friends. :)
6 comments:
I am laughing so hard at your little late night partiers. Poor Mom and Dad! Hang in there! I say give it at least a week before you surrender. But don't feel bad if you have to give in. Sleep is a precious precious thing!
Sounds entertaining! Hopefully they will figure it out soon!!
man you are brave-ies! hang in there..it's like letting them cry themselves to sleep...takes a few nights..then you are good to go forever ya know? good luck girl
Wish I could come visit tonight to hear the fun...
We bought the girls bunk beds and put them in the same room and I would say it was like a good week before bedtime became a non-nightmare. I think it's like any adjustment to schedules: at first you feel like you might hyperventilate, and then everyone just gets used to it and it's fine. The threats are more what we came to find worked well: they will play until you threaten to take away things they like: lights, togethership, things like that and that usually settles them down pretty fast. I've also done like the "walk away" trick where you tell them you will only do ______ if when you come back they are trying to go to sleep, laying down, etc. That works sometimes because then when you come back they are already asleep sometimes :) :) :) I have found that sitting with them helps to keep them calmed down because all problems are stopped immediately instead of having to listen from the other room and then storm in... although that works well also sometimes...Shawn will straight lie to them and tell them he has to go potty and he will lay with them when he gets done and they totally believe him and he leaves and they just got to sleep, with me though, they listen and yell if I don't come back in two seconds... haha.... anyways, good luck!!!
I love it I love it I love it. I and laughing hysterically and reading the post to Paul all at the same. Love the bit about Ryan and the toe monster. Keep at it girl! Don't quit now! It's like potty training, they'll get it figured out. Give them a little more time:) and keep blogging about it!
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