They basically play in the dark until I come in and yell at them to settle down. First of all, since they are in the same room, when they go to bed at the same time, they keep each other up. But now that they are older, it’s not working for a variety of reasons. That made sense when Harlow was a baby and Mazzy was a toddler. Originally, I was told to put my kids to bed at the same time because they share a room and I would not want to do bedtime routine twice. Then Mazzy claims she needs “soft tickles” on her back to fall asleep.ģ) I’ve always put my kids to bed at the same time and I’m not sure that is working for us anymore. So often I find myself saying, “Just put your head down on the pillow and let me tuck you in like a normal person!” but that is the absolute last thing she wants to do. Usually, I will stay in bed with Harlow until she falls asleep and then switch to Mazzy’s bed, who seems to call out “MOMMMM!!!! IT’S MY TURN!!!!” at the exact moment Harlow finally shuts her eyes every night.
#Kids dont sleep how to
She will sit up in her bed and play with her stuffed animals, arrange her blankets and pillows in “houses” around her and tell me things like “I don’t know how to close my eyes.” Then she thrashes around with all her stuffies and blankets until she eventually passes out in a contorted heap. And, of course, they fight over who I lie with first. When I finally convince them to settle, it’s often only because I lie down in bed with them.
They don’t stay in their beds, they chat and horse around, even after lights are out. Mazzy and Harlow often rile each other up at bedtime. until I’m like, “OH MY GOD JUST GET IN YOUR ROOM AND GO TO SLEEP!!!!!” Relaxing wind down routine officially over before it even started.Ģ) They don’t know how to settle down on their own. They beg me to play for five more minutes, they tell me they still have homework to do, they shut themselves in the bathroom and brush their teeth for a ridiculous amount of time, they suddenly feel the urge to poop, they can’t agree on a book, they don’t know what to wear tomorrow, etc. 1) Mazzy and Harlow procrastinate going to bed so much that by the time I actually get them to start the process of winding down, I am pissed and frustrated.
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