We always follow the same pattern for bedtime. Eat, bath, eat, fall asleep, wake up, eat more, fall asleep, mommy moves us to our crib… out for the “night”. All this starts around 8 pm (and usually ends around 9:30/10pm).
So, tonight we followed the same routine, except that they had their rice cereal during LOST (around 8pm) instead of around 6pm.
At 9pm we did the bath. Then, they nursed. Then, they wouldn’t wake up, so I moved them to the crib. That’s when they woke up. Not only that, they wouldn’t go back to sleep! Didn’t want to eat again, didn’t want to lay down. Weren’t fussy, just wide awake!
So, Ron and I took them downstairs and let them swing while I had my “me” time and got the stuff for the next day ready. They both fell asleep in their swings within 20 minutes
Emily, however woke up within an hour and Abby woke when I took her with me upstairs for the official bed time.
We then started the process over again! (with the exception of the bath). Ugh! Evenings like this are very tiresome! We couldn’t stay mad at them though because they just kept smiling at us as if to say… “I’m too cute to sleep.” 🙂
Goofy girls!