What is worse than having one kid that is up all night?
Having TWO kids up all night.
Olivia ended up crawling into our bed THREE different times last night. Although she has been able to get out of her crib for about a month she hasn't actually gotten out in the middle of the night, until last night. At about 1:00am I awoke to her crawling over the top of me, whispering, "Ma ma. Ma ma!" At first I felt bad, wondering if she had been scared or wandering around the dark house by herself so I pulled her up next to me and cuddled with her. But, after about 20 minutes of having her feet crammed into my back I didn't feel sorry any more.
30 minutes later she ended up back in my bed. I was so tired that I considered trying to let her sleep with us ( I know, I was desperate) but she started jumping on Tyler like she does when they play together and he pretends to be sleeping. At that point I remembered why we've agreed to never let our kids sleep in our bed!
Tyler put her back in her bed two more times before she finally slept until morning. Of course I was up 3 more times to feed Will (seriously, he thinks he is starving or something). However, she woke me up this morning by once again climbing on top of me and saying, "Mom! Mom! Ma Ma!"
I hope this doesn't continue much longer. Hopefully she just thinks it's fun because it's a new trick. I really liked it when her crib kept her confined.
And now, I think it's nap time. Because I am tired.
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Oh man, I'm not excited for those days...hopefully it's only days and not weeks or months...good luck with that one. We too have not wanted our kids sleeping in our bed, we've tried it and it never works out for the mom and dad quite like it does for the little one. We always end up on the far sides of a king size bed,...how does that happen?
It is a phase! We went through it and it took a little while of me getting up the minute Ben got into bed with us and putting him back into his. It happened around 4 times a night but he finally understood that he didn't get to stay! Good luck...it will end I promise! :)
I don't know if you have tried this or not, but we had to turn Dylan's crib around so the tall side was facing out, we then took the bumper out and put socks on her. This has worked so far. And it is just a phase. Once she figures out she can't sleep in there, you won't have to worry as much. Good luck, it all gets better and someday you will get baby hungry again...I am slowly getting there.
Nap time, is the best part of the day.
Your pictures are cute on top.
Oh man, Julia has just started the climbing out of her crib trick. Lovely, isn't it? Have you seen the mesh tents that attach to the top of the crib? My sister used one for a while because her little guy started crawling out super early. I can't decide if that's the next step or to switch to a big bed! I hope it's just a phase for Olivia!
Ugh :P. That's one problem we thankfully haven't encountered with much regularity. I have no problem with putting a doorknob lock on the inside of toddler doorknobs to keep them in there until they fall asleep. Then I crack the door open so I can hear if they need something. Alternatively, you could use a baby monitor set very low and leave the door shut for a couple of nights the whole night through until she is retrained.
Meg
The idea to put one of those childproof doorknob covers on the inside of her room is great. Since she doesn't seem scared, usually what will happen is they'll get up and play and then go back to bed (which is better than waking you up). My friend did this with all her kids.
Good luck. John did the multiple waking up all night for a week before Molly was born, but he eventually got back on track. She will too. Its so exhausting though...
Also, with Will, what has helped us (so far...you never know if it could change) with Molly is to "tank" her up before bed. So we do cluster feedings (like she eats @ 6, 8 and 10 rather than 3 hours apart) to help her go longerr thru the night. She is asleep at 10, but I go in the dark room and feed her anyway. She is asleep the whole time and once she's done I put her back in bed. It really helps her sleep longer. We got this idea from Baby Whisperer.
Anyway, good luck.
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