Last night was the kid's first night in their new bunkbeds and it only took us until 10:30 pm to get them to sleep (normally we start the bedtimes at around 7:00 pm, a little later right now due to it being summer)!!
Madison was so excited that she was going to get to sleep on the top bunk, until it was actually time to go to bed, then the bunkbeds were "scary". Ryan's been sleeping in a crib until this point so this was a TOTALLY new experience for him. Since it was so new, we decided that we'd put them both in the bedroom at the same time (normally Ryan goes to bed first and about 20 minutes later Madison goes in to bed).
So, Madison started on the top, Ryan on the bottom. That didn't work so Ryan went to the top and Madison came down to the bottom. Once again, no deal. They both came down to the bottom, then both up to the top (one time with Madison on the outside / Ryan by the wall, and one time with Ryan on the outside / Madison by the wall). Eventually we ended up putting Madison to bed by herself, on the top bunk and let her fall completely asleep (approximately 3 minutes after leaving the room!!) . Next Ryan went to his bottom bunk, and after reading him one 5 page book, he was out cold!!
Poor Morgan, she sleeps in the same room but can't go to bed until the other two are asleep because they'll keep her awake!!! She started to get sooooo crabby by the time she actually got to go to bed. I think she may have actually fallen asleep sitting up on the living room floor while she waited.
Tonight, we didn't get bedtime started until 8 or 8:30pm and the two older kids were asleep by 10pm. Not Morgan though, she didn't actually get to sleep until about midnight. Oh well, I think we're getting better!!!
Madison was so excited that she was going to get to sleep on the top bunk, until it was actually time to go to bed, then the bunkbeds were "scary". Ryan's been sleeping in a crib until this point so this was a TOTALLY new experience for him. Since it was so new, we decided that we'd put them both in the bedroom at the same time (normally Ryan goes to bed first and about 20 minutes later Madison goes in to bed).
So, Madison started on the top, Ryan on the bottom. That didn't work so Ryan went to the top and Madison came down to the bottom. Once again, no deal. They both came down to the bottom, then both up to the top (one time with Madison on the outside / Ryan by the wall, and one time with Ryan on the outside / Madison by the wall). Eventually we ended up putting Madison to bed by herself, on the top bunk and let her fall completely asleep (approximately 3 minutes after leaving the room!!) . Next Ryan went to his bottom bunk, and after reading him one 5 page book, he was out cold!!
Poor Morgan, she sleeps in the same room but can't go to bed until the other two are asleep because they'll keep her awake!!! She started to get sooooo crabby by the time she actually got to go to bed. I think she may have actually fallen asleep sitting up on the living room floor while she waited.
Tonight, we didn't get bedtime started until 8 or 8:30pm and the two older kids were asleep by 10pm. Not Morgan though, she didn't actually get to sleep until about midnight. Oh well, I think we're getting better!!!
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