Bedtime Update

So it would seem that my children decided to change our bedtime routine all on their own.  And for the better!!  Four nights ago, Sara decided that she wanted to sleep in Henry's room.  Knowing that Emily and Sara keep each other up when they are together, we said go for it!  Ever since then, Henry goes to bed.  Sara and Emily will play for a little while and then Sara goes and climbs into Henry's big boy bed (Henry is still in a crib so this works quite well). 

All is well with Sara and Henry.  They are asleep by 7:30 and sleep through the night. 

Now Emily is another story- light must be on, door cracked, need food, water, more food.
So it is up down up down up down.  Stories don't help.  If you try to lay down with her, she talks nonstop.  She isn't fussy or crying, just can't fall asleep.  She usually will give it up by 9:30 or 10, but crawls in bed with us around 2ish. 

Oh well, it is better.  There isn't a struggle between the girls and Ben and me. 

And tonight, it is a little after 8.  Sara and Henry are peacefully sleeping and Emily is tucked in snug in her bed looking at books.  Perhaps she will fall asleep before 9 tonight? 

One can dream...

Time to go to bed...

"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes:  we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late."  ~Charles Caleb Colton

I need some advice on how to help my twins go to sleep at a decent time.  These girls have never really liked to go to sleep, but lately it is like a slumber party every night in their room!  They go to their room around 8 every night, but neither one will give it up until around 9:30 or 10:00 pm!  I am worn out from night time battles.  

Luckily, our little guy Henry is a sound sleeper.  He goes down around 7:30 and I usually don't hear a peep from him until after 8 am the next day.

But the girls... since they don't go to sleep early, they sleep in usually until 9:30 or 10:00!  Now I don't mind the extra sleep in the mornings, but I would rather have a full day with them than the night drama!

I call it drama because it is... one excuse after the other.  "I'm thirsty"  "I'm hungry"  "I want to play"  "I need this stuffed animal and this one and this one"  "where's such and such"  and the list goes on.

I think this would all change if the girls had separate rooms (or maybe then it would be a battle because they want to be together.)  However, in our little 3 room apartment, they must share a room. 

Any advice out there on how to get them to go to sleep at a decent hour? 

Ahhh... to sleep anywhere!!!

A few weeks ago, Sara had a hard time falling asleep during naptime. She was up and down and up and down, but stayed in my room the whole time. She finally got quiet about the time Em and Henry woke up. We went searching for Sara to see where she was. We couldn't find her in my room, but we did find her sound asleep in my bathroom, curled up in a ball on the floor.

Here she is... sound asleep!

Emily tried to wake her up, but gave up without any success.

Even Henry couldn't wake her up!