Room Mates

For the past two nights, the girls have successfully shared a room!  I knew I wanted them to, and now that Ivey is not really taking naps (but still has to have "room time" so that we can do school and have an Ivey break), I can alternate Ivey's once a day room need and Olive's twice a day nap schedule.  Things looked as good as they'd ever get, so I decided to give it a try.

The first night, I put Olive to bed, let her fall asleep, and then brought Ivey in.  I explained that she needed to be super quiet, and she did an excellent job (except for one loud rendition of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" which thankfully Olive slept through!).  Olive woke up twice that night, but just to get her paci back in.  Ivey never woke up.  In the morning, Olive woke up first, and Ivey crawled out of bed an hour and a half later.  Pretty good.

Last night, I decided to try things a little differently.  I took both girls in to their room, changed them into pajamas, brushed their teeth, Jeff and I rocked them both, and then we put them to bed.  Much to my surprise, we closed the door and never heard a peep.  It probably helped that Ivey had skipped a nap and went to play in the sun at the park instead, so she was beat.  Olive only woke up once (again, not affecting Ivey) and then Olive woke up for good at 6:30, but Ivey slept in until 8:45.

I know tonight could be a nightmare, but so far, so good!  I'm hoping this will help some bonding go on.  The boys always spent so much time together in their room talking, playing, singing, making each other laugh, gagging themselves with their own finger to make the other laugh, and generally forming a great relationship!  Now, it's the girls' turn!