Our girls JR and E, are super cute, obedient, and sweet — most of the time. During the day, they are great, but when bedtime comes around, it is difficult. They both would rather run around and play than go to bed. I’m sure that this is totally normal, especially since they are so close in age, but it can be really infuriating at times. My wife and I really cherish our adult time and if they stay up late, then we don’t get so much of it.
Right now, they are in separate rooms, across the hall from each other. At bedtime, they tend to treat their two rooms as a single play area. So, a few nights ago, we tried something new: we let them have a “sleepover.”
We used it as an incentive. If they both made happy plates, and if they were obedient during bath time and while getting ready for bed, then we’d let them share a room for the night. We even let them have a half hour of “conversation time” before lights out. At first, it seemed like it was going to work…
After 10 minutes of conversation time, though, they found games to play with each other. Tossing a stuffed animal from bed to bed. Jumping games. Loud, crashing noises. Ironically, I couldn’t hear most of this going on while I sat outside their rooms upstairs, but it was clear from downstairs.
It wasn’t long before we had to put them into their separate rooms again. E was very upset. JR was a bit more stoic. I would like for them to eventually share a room (it will ease some over-crowding situations in our home), but I guess they aren’t ready.
Hopefully, updates will follow…