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10.04.2008
Thank you all so much for all the advice on sleep help for the boys.
I did take one of the bloggers idea and tried the reading scripture idea...
We had story time in Calebs bed... and we put both boys down at the same time. Some had mentioned putting them down separately... we actually have tried this.. it doesnt work because Taite is such a light sleeper... what ends up happening is he falls asleep.. we crack a door and hes up instantly. Our kids seriously are super light sleepers... it doesnt matter what I do... they wake up to almost any sound. I am also a light sleeper as well as my parents.. so I think it runs in our genes. :-\
After laying them in bed Travis sat in the room w/ a flash light and read scripture softly... he read for 20 minutes... with only having to tell them a couple of times to lay down.. we had no giggles during this time and no tears. They listened well.
After the 20 minutes they werent totally asleep but he decided to say night night... and walked out. No one cried.. no one got up.
Now here I am 8:35pm blogging, no sounds...
So maybe this is our solution!
It might be good for us to do this anyway... give me time to read the word more... cause we all know as a mom it is usually hard to find any time to read.
Travis and I will alternate when we can... since I do have lots I have to get done at night. During the week he is gone a lot at night.. so maybe the weekends he can cover.
Thank you again for the help!! I will keep everyone posted.
11 comments:
I'm so glad it seemed to work tonight! That gives me hope of getting our kids to share a room one day. We will have to do bunk beds though :)
Wonderful!! It's worked like a charm for us, too. I feel like it's given me so much more time to spend in the word and it's good for them to know how important it is to be in the word daily.
What a comforting idea. I hope it continues to work.
Anna and i have been reading through some of the kiddie chapter books... the one we're working on now is The Little House in the Big Woods... and both girls were asleep in less than 20 minutes...
Scripture is an awesome idea though just because everyone benefits:)
YAY!!!
That is such a great solution. What better way to fall asleep than hearing your daddy read the Bible!!
my kids are VERY VERY light sleepers too, and were even when they were babies. It's hard to work around that trait, isn't it!
I am glad that worked....Let's just pray that it keeps working.
Yeah I guess the separate bed times will not work. Bummer they are such light sleepers.
The boy's room is super cute! I'm glad y'all were able to get them to sleep. Hope it continues to work!
I'm glad it worked!
Their room is so cute!
It looks like a picture from a magazine:)
so glad that worked for you!!!
:)
Beautiful!
So glad for you. =)
What a precious time together.
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