Let's just say it's been a rough couple of weeks at our house. Fin is sleeping fairly well but Maya is having one hell of a time. We typically start the routine around 7pm, read books until about 8pm and lately she hasn't been falling asleep until between 10 and 11!
There are a number of reasons why this is challenging for us. She fights. Oftentimes literally. She has such a hard time quieting her body that by the end she is lashing out at us kicking, screaming and hitting. Definitely a challenge to keep your cool. It is also hard because the kids are not in daycare at all, so the post-bedtime time is the only time Danny and I have to chat, watch tv, pay bills, veg out on our own. Thankfully we alternate losing our minds about bedtime but I'm not sure how long that is going to last.
We've started a new method in the past couple of nights that seems to be working ok. Mixed results really. We put both girls to bed in their room. We read books and then Maya and Fin each lay in their own beds. It has worked in varying degrees--from not at all to us helping them with little to no tears. We are just trying to find a way to "make it work".
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