The Thursday after Easter we decided on a big move.
We moved Micah to a big boy bed, IN Naomi's room.
We thought it would be good to get him used to sharing,
and used to a big boy bed, way before the baby came.
I am going to say though, that I really wanted to wait,
but my sweet hubby thought it was fine to do it then
(and then being a week after Micah turned 2).
Two weeks later we were over it.
Night one was terrible, followed by night two.
Night three and four showed promise and hope...
then came nights five through fourteen...
UGH!
I have no words for those nights.
We tried everything, disciple, bribes, locking the door
(yes, we are those parents, please don't turn us in).
Nothing worked.
They were up till 9 or 10 almost every night.
Naomi did great about not getting out of bed (too much).
But Micah just couldn't help but explore his new found freedom.
Naomi didn't help much though, I often times heard her tell him,
"go by the door", or "go find mommy".
The mornings weren't much better,
our early riser (Naomi) is also our talker.
You can guess how the turned out.
Micah was getting MUCH less sleep that he was accustomed too,
and Greg and I were over it.
So after two weeks of trying to share, we called it quits.
For now.
We will try again in July after Greg is back from his
many trips away this summer.
We will try when the little man is a little older,
can hopefully talk more, and hopefully will be okay staying in bed.
We did discover that Micah is like me, in that it takes him a while to fall asleep.
And Naomi is just like Greg (if she hasn't napped) and she falls asleep
the second her head hits the pillow!
Here's the fun room they will share once again come July!
I would LOVE to hear some advice, success stories
or even some failures (so I don't feel all alone)
about how you got kids who didn't always share a room,
to get used to it, share, and not wake each other up...
if that's even possible!?
Thanks!
(Arica)
