Each night before Dave and I go to bed, we do what we call the fruit basket turnover with our two sons. It starts like this:
Why do we go to all this trouble? So, we can all sleep at night. Trying to get a baby and a toddler to sleep in the same room without waking each other up is quite a feat. So, we try to keep them in separate areas, until they can BOTH sleep a little better through the night.
Caleb will sleep through most of the night, or he'll wake up and play by himself in his crib and then go back to sleep. Caleb's "playing" can disturb Joshua, so we keep Joshua in our room, so as not to disturb him.
One thing's for sure, what we are doing is working for now. So we'll keep at it for now. We are all getting more sleep than we did before we started this routine. And, sleep is a valuable commodity in a house with a baby AND a toddler in it. So, we are willing to pay the small price to get it in lengthier stretches.
Hopefully, this time next year, we can report that everyone is happily sleeping in their own beds, and fruit basket turnover has happened for the last time.
Joshua starts each night at about 8:30 going to sleep in his little car bed in his room. Then, while he goes to sleep, Caleb nurses and plays and then goes himself to la la land. After Caleb is dreaming his dreams, Dave goes to get Joshua from his bed, then puts Joshua on a pallet in our room by Dave's side of the bed. Finally, we take sleeping Caleb and put him in the crib in he and Joshua's room.
tired David holds Caleb as he falls asleep
tired David holds Caleb as he falls asleepCaleb will sleep through most of the night, or he'll wake up and play by himself in his crib and then go back to sleep. Caleb's "playing" can disturb Joshua, so we keep Joshua in our room, so as not to disturb him.
One thing's for sure, what we are doing is working for now. So we'll keep at it for now. We are all getting more sleep than we did before we started this routine. And, sleep is a valuable commodity in a house with a baby AND a toddler in it. So, we are willing to pay the small price to get it in lengthier stretches.
Hopefully, this time next year, we can report that everyone is happily sleeping in their own beds, and fruit basket turnover has happened for the last time.
