Hoping you get some answers on this as we’re going through the same thing. The only time they fall asleep at bedtime these days is if the nap is skipped. But they still nap during the day just fine.
What do we do with this new phase?
It is Saturday night… it is 10 and the kids are just NOW getting quiet! We put them in bed at 7:30. We have put them to bed at 7:30 since they were about 6 months old. We get ready for bed, we read books, we brush teeth, we tuck them in. We keep a very good routine. Their room is dark. There is a white noise machine. Yet, it does no good. They talk, they jump, they play… they do NOT sleep.
Friday night was the same…. Wednesday was the same. On Wednesday they were up ALMOST until 11! They woke the next morning about 7, only having had 8 hours of sleep, as apposed to the 11-12 they normally get. THEN, B didn’t take a nap. She talked and played with her blankie and baby for 1 1/2 hours… very happily, I might add. Luckily, at nap time, they are separated (B naps in our room), and Z got to sleep. So, that night we put her to bed at 6:30. She went right to sleep. At 7:45, Z was put to bed and went right to sleep.
Twin moms, what is your advice? Do I put them to bed at separate times? Is this just a phase? I can’t have separate rooms for them… as we don’t have an extra room. I’m not sure what to do. Please, share your thoughts.
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Michele
March 22, 2009
kerry
March 25, 2009
We have the same jumping laughing playing for a good hour at bed time and nap time. I certainly have no advice. just wanted you to know that we’re going through it too. I wonder if it’s a sign that the nap isn’t needed anymore??? Please no!!!!!
Christina
April 8, 2009
We’re certainly no experts, but sometimes when our girls have slept less than 10 hours at night (usually this means waking up at about 5:30-ugh) we give them a slightly earlier bedtime (by about 30-60 minutes), and that seems to get them back to their regular 11-12 hour sleep schedule after a day or two. But they are only 19 mos, so maybe I’ll be writing you again in a few months to ask what worked!
