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| shari313 | October 2 2008, 09:20 AM Post #1 |
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i'm experimenting... i put gabey in giddy's room to sleep. i'm hoping to get them used to sharing a room. then i can make the back room strictly the play room, and the front room the bedroom for sleeping and changing. i'm hoping it makes for a simpler setup, and fewer rooms to keep track of toys in. it will just become the rule that toys end up in there, and live in there only. |
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| MissAngi | October 2 2008, 09:34 AM Post #2 |
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I am a huge fan of Bedrooms are for sleeping only! THe girls toys are stored in their bedroom, but they bring them downstairs to play with. Even homework I feel should be done at the dining room table. Kids get in trouble when they are tucked away in their room all alone... yaknow? i hope it works out! I'm sure the boys will enjoy being together! |
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| rach679 | October 2 2008, 09:45 AM Post #3 |
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I love having a room just for toys. Since we're in a unique situation, Hailey does have "Special" toys she doesn't want to share in her room [doodle pads, stuffed animals, puzzles, books, along those lines]. But I love having my seperate spaces "living", "playing" "sleeping". It works great! |
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| shari313 | October 2 2008, 02:20 PM Post #4 |
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naptime was a BOMB! yikes. gabey is having a hard time napping this week anyway though, and giddy needed to be alone to nap. i'll have to figure something out. giddy loves the mattress on the floor, and so does gabey, LOL. i just put it there for now, to see if it would work out before moving his huge bed, or getting another one. i'm thinking about getting a simple toddler bed again for gabey. this bed he has is to big. and he likes the little toddler mattress. ahhh, i'll finally get it all right, and they'll be graduating, lol. |
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| MissAngi | October 2 2008, 04:42 PM Post #5 |
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No shari... you'll never get it right! :P thats the joys of parenting!!! aryanna did the mattress on the floor thing when we had moved to the new house. She enjoyed it. |
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| rach679 | October 3 2008, 05:50 AM Post #6 |
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Kids are so different. Hailey would NEVER sleep on a mattress on the floor [we did that while my mom was here]. She need the extra space of a twin bed and off the floor. I think it takes time for the kids to get used to sleeping near each other. hailey doesn't have silblings obviously. But at daycare kids who first started daycare had a hard time napping at first then in a month or so got used to it - having extra people, noise and other factors that go with it. |
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| shari313 | October 3 2008, 07:37 AM Post #7 |
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we had a HORRIBLE night!! annoying. gabey has so many sleep issues right now, i thought it would be good for him to have giddy in the room, but he's still running to our room a few times a night. i have to solve that problem. we're picking him up and putting him back in his bed a few times a night sometimes, but i told jeffie this morning, we should just make it that he's not allowed in our bed at all. he's going to pitch a fit for a while. i don't know... he's worked himself up so badly about never wanting to be alone. i've felt so bad for him, but i can't keep letting him run our nights. and giddy sleeps so lightly, i'm just going to wait on bringing them together. |
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| rach679 | October 3 2008, 01:28 PM Post #8 |
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What is causing him to wake up? Is he having a bad dream, too dark, something else. Does he just want the extra comfort? Maybe he could make a bed on the floor, instead of in your bed. Hailey really wanted a night light - I didn't realize how much of a difference that made for her until we lost power and she refused to go to sleep. Granted she still comes into our bed but not as frequently. Does he say why he comes into your room? |
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| shari313 | October 4 2008, 08:25 AM Post #9 |
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he is extremely attached to me. and he has this awful fear of the shadows at night. he'll wake himself up with a start, and just RUN for our room. last night, he ran to our room, and jeffie worked to get him back in his bed, but he was really starting to freak, and wouldn't talk to jeffie to tell him what was up... finally, he gets out..."I need her!" and the minute i walked in, he calmed down. i sat with him, and he was able to go back to sleep. so, now i know that when he comes in, i'll just go with him back to his bed, and he'll be ok. i'm also going to put the baby's crib toy fish tank in there for him. he really likes that. last night, they both went to bed together without too much fuss, so i'm hoping to still try keeping them together. they're both having bad nights anyway. giddy wakes up for his binky, and is teething- he's got the 3 bottoms and fangs, and is working on his front teeth, eek. |
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| rach679 | October 4 2008, 08:33 AM Post #10 |
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Hailey is really attached to daddy. Maybe some extra cuddles before bed? Or have a game with shadows during the day when they probably don't seem as scary. |
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| MissAngi | October 5 2008, 08:58 AM Post #11 |
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I think that is a great idea!!!! |
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| shari313 | October 6 2008, 01:44 PM Post #12 |
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we've switched back. they're in their own rooms again. giddy likes it that way, and i can help gabey get back to his bed without disturbing giddy all night. gabey is sort of a sponge, the more attention i give him, the more crazy he acts for it, and the more he wants. i sit with him for a while at night, and now i gave him giddy's crib toy, and he puts that on, and falls asleep to that now. last night was good. i left him before he was asleep, kissed him, told him to sleep sweet. he didn't fuss much, i'm glad, and he just stayed laying and listening to his new crib toy. he changes his reasons for wanting to sleep with me as shadows, and nightmares, and just not wanting to be alone. i keept trying to solve those problems, but we're going to just work on each time, getting him back in his own bed, and eventually just get him used to staying there, no matter what his fears are. we've been too lenient with him, and he knew that even if we said we wanted him to stay in his bed, we'd still let him sleep in our bed when he came in. |
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