Re: I can't lay with them to sleep anymore. Now what?
Thanks for all the love and great advice! Bless you all! I need to do this. I just wasn't sure how to go about it. Good stuff here.
Yeah I love DH, and we have a great relationship, but he is little help and often not here so I'd rather just do it myself.
Yep, we still do naps. I don't know how people don't. My kids NEED a nap. They get up early (6-6:30 now but 5-5:30 in winter, ugh) and by 11 they are ready for a sleep! We have a three hour nap time. Although, they aren't always sleeping! Some days though, they sleep the whole time and then some. Usually on Thursdays. Weird, right? And then by 6:30-7 they are ready for bed. It used to take 20-45 minutes to get them to sleep at night and 10-15 at nap time. Now it takes 1-1/2 hrs at night and 5-60 minutes at nap time. I feel like I just lay in the dark most of the day.
If they don't get a nap they get really silly. Then really really silly. Then suddenly nasty. 3 yo yells at me and screams his made up cuss words. 2 yo flails an fits and hits, kicks, scratches, bites. They have been very compliant sweet children with little to no tantrums. I know a lot of this is adjusting to new sibling. But if we're all sleep deprived, it will only continue. Any advice on that topic is welcomed as well.
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