So this bedtime thing is just not working out. My two-year-old just will not go to bed, no matter what we try. First we put his sister up in a loft bed, so that he would not be distracted by the temptation to jump on her all night. Then, when he got jealous of her […]
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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Scare the Crap Out of ‘Em
So the loft bed thing didn’t work. For those of you who have been following along, you will know that my 2-year-old son Edward does not want to stay in his bed at night. Not when we put him to bed, not at 3 AM, and not at 5 AM or 6 AM either. It […]
Putting Together a Loft Bed Without the Instructions
Since we moved, way back in May, our two children have been sharing a room for the first time. She’s 5, he’s 2, they can just deal with it, right? Well, Edward has not been sleeping well, and he has been bothering Ruby, so she hasn’t been sleeping well either, and the whole room really […]
First Night in a Big Boy Bed
It had to happen eventually. As much as we wanted to contain our two-year-old in a crib forever, we knew the time would come when we would have to unleash him on the world, sleeping unrestrained in a big boy bed. Since I have been having back problems, and lifting him in and out of […]