Bedtime

I have a 2 year old and twin 6 month olds. The twins take turns staying up all night long. One will go to sleep at around 11 but almost always the other one will stay up til 1 or 2. I keep the 2 year old up with me late at night when this happens because when I finally do get to sleep I don't want to be woke up a few hours later by him. Some people might think I am a bad parent but I am just a MOM trying to get some sleep.

Oh my, michele, you have your hands full!

LOL yes it is an adventure...

You're not a bad parent, just have to do what you have to do to get some rest. You sound like you run on fumes! My heart goes out to you. I can't imagine having twins! We thought Emma was going to be twins but nope. Twins run in both mine and my husband's family. Do you have anyone to help you out so you can get some rest?

Oh yes Keith (hubby) is a wonderful help. I think I would have been in a straight jacket by now if he had not been so involved with them. There have been time when I was very much running on fumes. It still gets that way from time to time. They both got RSV at 3 months old and it has reoccured off and on since December. They are going through it right now but it is a mild form. All we both can do is hang on tight and go along for the ride. I wish you luck with the sleeping problems.
I will add that if you get into a routine and stick to it that will sometimes help... bath and brushing teeth and reading a book right at bedtime etc.. Good luck.

Mine are all adults but the only one I had a problem with was my youngest and if I laid down with her she would fall asleep. As the years rolled by I didn't have to do this. :) Though I have to say she would sometimes get in bed with us and then move sideways and in her sleep try to push her Daddy out.

What I would do with the others on school nights was tell them they could take a bath before tv then they had to go to bed or they could watch tv then take a bath and then go to bed. They were so focused on making a choice and feeling empowered, I didn't have a problem with them going to bed. It was strange in away because they decided the order of it, and then would follow through. Summers or holidays I would let them stay up...

My kids are 21, 18, 15, 15, 9, 4 . When they were all little how did I get them to bed if they didn't want to go. I always have chores ready to go and most of the time they will pick up sleeping in their bed anytime over staying awake and doing chores. Since our kids are of different ages the bed times are staggard.

we also use this for a child who wants to stay home from school when they are not really sick. works like a charm and people wonder why my kids love school

Wow that's quite a range of ages. lol

yes it is

Thank you for sharing with Sadies Points

Mine are grown and many won't agree with me, but when they were small I often laid down with them and got a little rest myself sometimes.

I will do this with my 2 year old too. If the twins are asleep during the day we will have naptime together.

I've been climbing into her crib lately. I was so against co-sleeping, but when doesn't feel good (like now) She'll only stay asleep if I'm holding her and once I lay her down she pops right back up. I finally got her to lay down but I keep hearing her whimper over the monitor.

I never climbed into a crib, but either had a mesh barrier on the side of our bed to keep them from rolling off or had a rollaway bed up next to my side of the bed so I could go back and forth as needed. As they got a little older and slept on twin sized beds I would lay down next to them to get them to sleep if they asked me to. Sometimes they just need the reassurance of our presence.

I am afraid I really did not address your final two questions very well. I have 6 boys all together. The three older boys are 22, 21 & 18. I literally started over with my second marriage and my youngest 3. They are 2 and twins that are 6 months old. When my older boys were very young I let them play just as hard as they could all day long. Of course with the play always come the clean up afterwards of toys and them. This seemed to do the trick. As they got older and understood what consequences were the rules changed a bit.. if you don't go to bed now you get X taken away from you, etc. How old is the child/children you are having problems with?

Emma is 13 months old. Wow you did start over. We want one more kid thats it, but not for like 5 years or so. I want Emma to be able to "help" lol. But I'm starting to think 5 years might be to far apart. Emma loves on her bestfriend (my goddaughter) who is 3 months old, but she's a BIG baby. Emma & Lucy wear the same size diapers, and Emma can wear some of her clothes! I have a little kiddo lol

I was really afraid that Lil Keith was going to be very jealous too. At first he started out very jealous but he has come around. He does help out a whole lot. He still gets frustrated when he is very sleepy or when he is not feeling well. At those times I have my hands full juggling the three of them. Something about having twins makes you prioritize situations better.... my sister asked me once that if both of them are crying which one do I pick up first... summary the one that needs it the most... if one has a stinky diaper and the other one only has pee well stinky tops, whoever is hungrier, etc.. you get the pic. The same thing goes with the 2 year old if there is something he needs more I will do it for him... also if I think doing whatever it is for him first will keep him from being fussy and disturbing them I will go that route too.

Two is an excellent age for helping. Lil Keith does very good at helping. We just have to make sure he has his equal time with us too. He still feels left out at times but we do try to make it up to him. I would suggest you wait til two and see how the "terrible 2's " are. Trust me every child has a terrible 2. Thank goodness Lil Keith's has not been that bad. He will be 3 in September.