With both the girls on different sleep schedules, sharing a bedroom has been a challenge. Amanda still takes 2 or 3 short naps during the day, while Eva only has one in the afternoon. There are some things I like about it, like the fact that one can sleep peacefully in their bedroom while the other plays freely in the playroom. Especially during playdates, the fact that I can put Amanda down for a nap while the kids are playing in the other room is a real blessing. If it’s the other way around, though, it’s hard for me to keep Amanda from crawling down the hall to the bedroom. She misses her sister during naptime and wants to play with her, especially if she hears Eva talking to herself before falling asleep.
But if I want to put them down at the same time, I have to juggle a little. Putting them both down at the same time, awake in their beds, is completely useless. They chatter and giggle, and keep one another awake (I know, it starts young! LOL!). Inevitably, I have to put Eva down first, and nurse Amanda to sleep in the other room. Then when they’re both asleep, I lay Amanda quietly down in her crib. Amanda is almost certainly the first to wake, so I have to rush in the minute she starts crying to keep her from waking Eva. If Eva wakes, but is still really tired, she’ll just say drowsily, “Shhh, Amanda!”, roll over and go back to sleep.
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