As you can see, I’m horrible when it comes to headlines. I can’t be creative for the life of me. (Sigh.) Someday, perhaps I’ll re-name this portion of my blog – but for now, it is what it is.
This week, I am wondering what time your children go to bed?
Be sure and specify their ages along with their bedtimes. Otherwise, the rest of us might feel peer pressure and begin putting our seventeen year olds to bed at 7 p.m.
March 17, 2008 at 9:23 am |
OUr 2 oldest, ages 13 (in 2 weeks) and 11, have a 9:00 bedtime, and the others, ages 8, 6, 3, and 2, go to bed at 8:30. When they turn 9, they get to stay up until 9. They all look forward to it!
March 17, 2008 at 9:30 am |
Since we are homeschooling…the times have changed. Our 8 year old daughter goes to bed between 8:30-9:00. Our discretion. The 4 year old goes to bed between 8:00-8:30.
When we used to have to leave the house completely dressed and ready for the day early…they had to be in bed by 8:00. But now we can relax a bit. I should mention that the 4 year old rarely ever takes a nap, but sleeps until 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning. So she gets her rest.
March 17, 2008 at 9:32 am |
Right now the 1 year old goes to bed between 7:30 and 8. The 3 (almost 4) year old goes to bed lights out at 8pm. I’m not sure what’s going to happen when it stays lighter later, but I am looking into making some lined curtains for his room to get him to sleep earlier and sleep later (at least we don’t live in MN anymore where it is light until 10pm in the summer).
As an aside, the three year old told me the other day that we should move his bed away from the window. “I get up at night to look out the window and the sun isn’t up. It’s very irritating Mama.”
March 17, 2008 at 9:36 am |
All my kids go to bed at 8-8:30. They are 10, 9 and 6. However they are allowed to read or play quietly. We like them to stay in their rooms, bu have not trained them well in this area. Hence, the trips out to ask a question, go potty or get a drink of water.
Susan
March 17, 2008 at 9:49 am |
Bedtime? What’s that? We all head to bed about the same time, from the 17yo down to the 4yo, which tends to be anywhere from 10pm-midnight. Samuel, almost 2, goes a bit earlier than us but not much. We’ve done this from the very start of having children when my husband worked until 6-7pm each night and wanted to spend time with the baby… so we’ve always had them up with us in the evening. We tend to sleep a bit later than others (9ish) but this works for us. I must admit, though, that having the children in bed early and having quiet time sounds good.
The days are getting longer here in Alaska and we’ll start staying up later and later. Sometimes in the summer we won’t eat dinner until 9pm because we’re playing and I forget to fix anything. Fortunately the 19+ hours of light doesn’t bother the children and they’re able to sleep.
Are we the only family who tends to be night owls?
March 17, 2008 at 10:02 am |
Generally, all my kids go to their bedrooms at roughly 8:30 and have varying “lights out” times (this time is exclusively for silent reading). 5yrs and 7yrs are lights out at 9; 12 yrs turns them off ’round 9:30–a little later on the weekends and in the summer months.
We don’t have an alarm wake-up time.
March 17, 2008 at 10:04 am |
I said “bedrooms” but really they all share one space. They are old enough to cooperate with the varying lights out times, nonetheless.
March 17, 2008 at 10:07 am |
Hi Holly,
The 10 year old goes to bed at 8…he is my naturally early riser. My 14 year old at 9 and my 17 year old at 10. They are all up at 7 for farm chores. These are school night bedtimes – on the weekends they are allowed an extra hour and get to sleep an extra hour. For special occasions, family night, company etc…anything goes
Blessings,
Cheri
March 17, 2008 at 10:36 am |
We start washing up and getting into pj’s around 7:45. By the time lullabies and bible stories, prayers and kisses are passed around it’s usually somewhere between 8:15 and 8:30 and then it is strict lights out and quiet for all parties (boys aged 19 months and 4 years share a room, girls aged 6 and 8 share a room). The girls are allowed to talk as long as they can’t be heard by others. The boys wake up with dh at 7am and the girls wake up at 8
March 17, 2008 at 10:47 am |
Our 8 year old goes to be between 8-8:30pm during the week, but gets to stay up with us on Friday nights until around 10pm. Saturday night he stays up until 9pm, since we have church on Sunday but not as early as school. When he is homeschooled again next year, I’m sure his bedtime will be about 9pm every night.
Our 1 year old goes to bed anytime between 7-8:30pm – depending on how our night has gone! We are definitely night owls over here, and sometimes (usually!) aren’t done eating until after 7:30pm, then shower and bed for baby! He is also the only early riser, but since the time change it’s been better.
March 17, 2008 at 11:38 am |
17 yos to bed at 7 – sounds good to me – is there something wrong with that???
Really, our kids’ bedtime has always been 8. They aren’t ever actually in bed and tucked in at 8, but we’re almost always in one of the stages of getting ready for bed. And before we brought home our newest two who have greatly upset the bedtime apple cart, we were almost always done with the routine by 8:30.
I say “we,” but really I mean “he.” Handsome takes the bedtime routine usually; this is so that I can pick up the shreds of my sanity and *hopefully* be ready to spend time with him when the kids are in bed, which is why they go to bed at 8 after all!
March 17, 2008 at 11:39 am |
It’s so varied, really. I’d say *usually* they all go down at the same time – 8:30-ish, with the baby occasionally going to bed earlier (but not much). I guess I should actually say we “aim” for 8:30 but it tends to be a bit later, like 9 or 9:30. (6yob, 5yog, 2yog, 1yob)
I am *supposed* to get up before the kiddos, but that rarely happens. They get up between 7:30-8:30. I tend to get up between 8-9, depending on how kind my early-morning husband is to me, his night-owl wife. *sigh* I’m trying to change, but whew….it’s hard!!
Tonight it was more like 10pm…..we had a musical at church, a lot of it has to do with ministry stuff too….
~Lori
March 17, 2008 at 1:52 pm |
Ha, ha! I knew we loved you guys for a reason, Lynn!
We keep a very similar schedule to “Lynn in Alaska”. We all tend to stay up late (especially in the summer) and then we sleep in pretty late. It works for us. And we homeschool. Summer in Alaska is an unusual situation because of the long days and the endless things we try to fit into each day because of the brevity of the season. That said, when we are keeping a schedule, 9:00 is the bedtime for all the children (ages 4,7,10,13) and then the older two are allowed to read for quite a while. But “normal” around here, is a late bedtime. Right now it’s 10:51pm and my hubby is in praying with the children.
God bless,
~Leah in Alaska~
March 17, 2008 at 6:46 pm |
I have 4 littles. 5yo, 3yo, 22mo, 7mo
The oldest 2 go to bed at 7:30. My 22mo goes to bed at 7. My 7mo goes to bed whenever he feels like it =P
I put them down so early because they are early birds…each.one.of.them. All of my kids are up for the day by 6am every morning.
March 17, 2008 at 7:15 pm |
My kids are also early birds ~ no matter what time they go down at night, they’re up at the crack of dawn. So we have pretty early bedtimes here, even though we don’t have to be up for school or daycare. 2 yo ~ 7:30, 10mo – 7:00. It would be nicer for daddy if they could stay up later so that he would get more time with them, but for right now this is what we need to do to get them enough rest.
March 17, 2008 at 7:21 pm |
I’m w/Lori – my 2yo son gets up when he hears daddy’s alarm at 5:45am! That means we try to keep bedtime at 7:30pm, but lately he’s been figuring out how to extend the routine so he doesn’t get in bed til almost 8. He usually talks in there for a while…but we aim for 7:30 whenever possible. This has been very interesting for me to read – we hope to have foster kids soon and I never thought about what time kids of different ages should go to bed! Thanks!
March 17, 2008 at 7:39 pm |
For many years when we had all younger children, 7:30 was the rule. As they got older, that became more flexible with longer daylight hours in the summer…often it got stretched to a little past 8:00.
Now the boys under 8 (all in same bedroom) go to bed at approximately 8:00 and the kids over that age are allowed to stay up until 9:00, but many times dh allows them to stay up longer to watch a family movie (we’re speaking winter months here…). Our 8 yo son rooms near the main living areas with our 14 yo son, so he gets to stay up later than I normally would allow. This time of year they start getting up around 6:45 or 7 am and everyone is out of bed by 7:30 am; in the summer it’s much earlier. I get up before the sun to milk our goats and bottle feed kids, while the older ones help get the younger ones breakfast.
March 17, 2008 at 7:51 pm |
Mr. Gabe (5) is in bed no later then 830 most nights otherwise he’s cranky cranky cranky the next day. Levi (1) no real bedtime but usually down and out around 9. the 30minutes after Gabe goes to bed is our “quiet/mommy-me” time.
March 17, 2008 at 7:52 pm |
Oh bed time how I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our 3 and 5 year old are in bed no later than 7:30 most of them time it is 7. OUr 3 month old is down by 10 for a 5-6 hour stay. Now our 16 yr. old will go to her room abour 9 and goes to bed about 10 on her own. Our 14 year old I have to drag to bed at 10 or he would be up all night. Now our 19 year old is in college I dont think he sleep……..oh to be young again. The litte ones rise up by 7-730 so right now I have good sleeper. But those teens could sleep all day if you let them.
March 17, 2008 at 7:56 pm |
What is our “scheduled” time – or what *really* happens? *grin*
Our girls are 6.5 and almost-9.
We are supposed to be done with our long, long, long bedtime rituals (numerous “games” daddy plays with them plus stories plus songs from mommy lying down in bed) by 8 p.m. For both. Though I have promised the oldest that once she turns nine she can start reading for a while afterward.
Despite homeschooling (which I thought meant I could sleep in — ha!), the girls get up to go walking with Daddy at 5:45 a.m. Hence the early evening schedule.
We are usually out of their bedroom by 8:15 or so…though there are definitely nights it looks more like 9…9:15…9:30…in which case they groan, roll over, and go back to sleep when Daddy wakes them in the morning. But they are always sad to have missed their Daddy time, and make a renewed effort that night to get to bed on time!
March 17, 2008 at 8:40 pm |
My oldest was an early bird from the start and had to go to bed by seven each night because she was usually up by 6 and NEEDED at least 11 hours. My middle child gets insomnia at night (runs in the family) and will sleep 10-12 hours from the time she fell asleep. They each know how much sleep they need–the 6 year old sleeps 10 hours, the 8 needs 10, the 10 year old needs 9 and they re expected to go to bed at a time which allows them to be up by 9 in winter and 8 in the summer. We read at night together at around 8:00 after they have gotten their pjs on–the youngest gets a short book and cuddles up with me while I read a young adult chapter book to the older two. Usually he falls asleep by the time I am done reading to them. The older two then head upstairs where they are to read or draw quietly in bed until they fall asleep.
Sometimes it goes well, sometimes it doesn’t. It works best if the youngest falls asleep while we read because then the older two don’t keep him awake.
March 17, 2008 at 8:41 pm |
8 is the bedtime for our children. We eat supper around 6, have showers around 7, have some family time and reading time, then lights out at 8. I can’t say that they are always asleep right after lights out, but they stay put and just wait until they fall to sleep. But, you didn’t ask about SLEEP I guess…just BED. Depending on whether or not they had naps that day (the older 2), sometimes it might take them until 9 to fall asleep. They sleep until between 7 and 8 the next morning. Our kids are 4, 3, and 1 (with #4 due any day now).
March 17, 2008 at 9:05 pm |
Wow. You know what impresses me as I read thru these? It’s how well you all know each one of your children! I LOVE that!
March 17, 2008 at 9:06 pm |
The 10 yo goes to bed at 9 on weekdays and gets up at 7am. The 15 yo goes to bed at 10 on weekdays and gets up at 7 am. The 20 yo when living at home has to be in his room by 10 on weekdays (so we can sleep), and gets up when necessary for his school/work activities.
March 17, 2008 at 9:34 pm |
Depends entirely on whether or not he has napped.
boy child – 32 months currently.
no nap – in bed at 7 p.m. (as in lights out)
with nap – between 8-10 depending on length of nap (1-4 hours in length)
Doesn’t get up until I open the door – awake anywhere from 6 a.m. to 1000 a.m. Totally flexible at this point in his/our lives.
March 17, 2008 at 11:03 pm |
Bedtime is an all family affair around here. My husband gets up at 4:40am and leaves for work about 5:15am, so he needs to go to bed early. He likes to be in bed about 8pm and sits and reads for about 30 minutes or so. I go to bed with him because that’s about the only time we have to ourselves. So our children, 7 yr old girl, 5 yr old girl, 3 yr old boy, 20 mth old boy, get jammies on and brush their teeth starting at about 7:30pm, so they are all ready to crawl into their beds about 8pm. The baby boy, 10 weeks, goes to bed with us and is still nursing throughout the night, so his “bedtime” is negotiable.
I have tried having varying bedtimes, but it just works well for us to all go to bed together. And it is the same routine, same time any day of the week and any season. My husband works 12 hour days Monday, Tuesday and Saturdays, 6 hours on Wednesday morning and every other Friday morning. So he has to get up early most of the week.
My 7 yr old would sleep until 10am if I let her, but she is a child who needs routine or she’ll fall apart, so she gets up everyday between 7:30 and 8am. My 5 and 3 yr olds are up by 7:15am and the 20 mth old is up by 6:45am.
I’m a night owl by nature, and I enjoy staying up after everyone has gone to bed. But I miss out on the chance of visiting with my husband alone and until my children learn the art of sleeping in, mornings come too early. So, for now, this is how it must be.
March 18, 2008 at 12:15 am |
Our 7 year old gets tucked into bed at 9:00 p.m. on the weekdays. We’ll let her stay up a little later on Friday night, since we don’t have school or church in the morning.
March 18, 2008 at 12:31 am |
Okay, Holly, it’s time for you to fess up. When do your kiddos go to bed?
I can’t believe that Leah and I are the only night owls!?! Life in Alaska definitely has a different rhythm to it.
March 18, 2008 at 1:10 am |
Alrighty then, Ms. Lynn…
My littles go to bed anywhere from 7 to 8. Somedays, it is 7 p.m. ON THE NOSE, because they are so tired and crabby.
They are the perpetual early risers, whether they go to bed early or whether they have gone to bed late. (That would my 2, 3, and 5 year olds.)
The baby generally is in bed by 7:30 as well.
My 9, 12, 13, and 15 year olds are in bed by 9 during the school year. The older ones stay awake and talk, although they *think* we don’t know. We are like a lot of you, and they stay up later for special occasions.
I really wouldn’t have a problem with my olders staying up later, if they could be pleasant and ready to go in the morning. One child who shall remain unnamed, would stay up all night and sleep all day. (Not sure where this child gets this…oh yeah, right…ME!)
I foresee in the next year or so – as they become able to handle it (remain cheerful, not sluggish, etc…) that the oldest ones can stay up a little later. As they gain responsibility, etc…which they are doing GREAT with. (It’s lookin’ good, kids!)
I would like for the 9 year old to go to bed earlier. She is often tired. But she’s so “in between” the little boys and the big kids…it is such an *OFFENSE* to be put to bed with the little boys and to miss out on the big kid stuff! Wish I had a good answer to this one…
I am the quintessential night owl, Lynn. In my estimation the world is set up ALL WRONG! We should be up all night and sleep all day…(Smile) but alas, it is not so. I usually end up going to bed at the same time as my husband, and often his day starts early (never the same time, though…) so we turn in earlier than we are naturally inclined to do so.
If I lived in Alaska, I would do the same as you and take FULL enjoyment the short amount of daylight.
I have a friend who, when her three children were little, let her kids stay up until 3 a.m. Her husband didn’t need much sleep, and he didn’t get home until later in the evening. They’d all stay up, enjoy being with Daddy, then mom and the kids would sleep until 10 or 11 a.m., and Dad would have been at work several hours for them. It reduced the amount of time that she had to handle the kids alone (She had twins) and gave them more daddy time. It wouldn’t have worked for me…BUT….it worked for them. They eventually had to get out of that mode…but for a time it is how they managed.
I WISH I were an early, early bird who LOVED mornings!
March 18, 2008 at 1:11 am |
And isn’t that more than you really wanted to know?
March 18, 2008 at 1:44 am |
Hi Holly,
I will (sheepishly) share our bedtime routine. When the kids are babies, we pretty much had them in bed around 8 p.m. Right now my 18 month old is in bed around 8 p.m. and sleeps until around 8 a.m. My littlest one (6 months) usually takes a little nap around 8:00 p.m., then wakes up to eat again around 9 or 9:30. I feed him and then he is ready for bed when the rest of us are ready.
I hope I am not the only one….but we really enjoy the evenings spending together as a family. We don’t get to bed very early…and everyone usually goes to bed at the same time (except for my toddler I shared about above). My children – 4, 9, and 15 – go to bed when we do, which is anywhere between 9-11 p.m. We usually start our bedtime routine (teeth brushed, faces washed, etc.) around 9:00, then we have family Bible reading time and prayer. Depending on how much we get off track, how much we talk, etc., we get to bed sometime between 9 and 11.
My husband gets up around 5:30 a.m. to eat breakfast and get off to work. I have always gotten up with him, made his lunch, gotten his breakfast out, and saw him off to work. My baby sometimes wakes up around this time and I get him and feed him. The other kids sleep until 8 or 8:30..sometimes a little later if we have been up closer to 11. This gives me some quiet time in the morning to exercise, have devotions, do some school planning, blog, etc.
There are times when I wished we could all get to bed earlier (so I could get some more sleep!)…but then I see how much those evening hours are filled with memories…and say a prayer for strength.
.
I have talked to my husband before about an earlier bedtime, but he really doesn’t want to miss that time with the kids. So…this is what our family has done. I hope it encourages someone!
March 18, 2008 at 2:48 am |
Oh, Sheri, I think it’s great! It works for you! Think of the times you would miss together!
March 18, 2008 at 3:56 am |
My children are almost 11 (less than 2 weeks!), 9.5, 7.5, almost 6, 3.5, and 9 months. They go to bed at 8, and then the lights get turned off at 8:30. They wake up between 7-7:30 (7:30 at the latest so we can start school at 8).
We HAD had a bedtime of 8:30 and then lights out by 9, but they dragged in the morning, and we were always starting school late. Then the time change occurred, and it got even WORSE. So we’ve been doing an earlier bedtime for about a week now, and it’s been so much better.
The 3.5 somewhat struggles with this, because she has always needed less sleep than the others. But I figure it’s a good chance for her to learn how to play quietly in her bed.
If we didn’t have to start school so early, then we’d probably go with an 8:30-9:00 bedtime.
March 18, 2008 at 4:50 am |
My girls are 9, 7, 4, 3 & 6 months. We get ready for bed at 7:30 and then lights are supposed to be out at 8. My 9 year old is a night owl though. We let her use a flashlight to read until 9 but if we don’t watch her she’ll be up til 10 and not want to get up in the morning. The baby is usuallt done for the day around 8:30 & then wakes up at 10 to nurse and then sleeps for 5-6 hours.
My dh wants us to be up with him at 6 am but the 7 & 9 year old hardly ever make it up in time to see their papa before he leaves for work at 6:30. We used to read the Bible as a family and then have a family prayer when my dh went into work later but now we just have time for a prayer before he leaves. We do have a lot more time in the evening though now that he gets home at 4:30. We read the Bible after dinner and then he plays his guitar and we sing praises and hymns together.
March 18, 2008 at 7:42 am |
So, Holly, how many hours of sleep do you get if you are a night owl and have early waking kids?
You seem to be able to do okay with lesser sleep, am I right?
My 9 month old is in bed between 6 and 6:30pm and is up at 7am. My 2yo is in bed around 7pm and up at 7am.
Both my husband and I *need* our sleep, so we love to have the evenings quiet with just the two of us…and we get to bed around 9:30pm ourselves. Yes, we sleep alot, relatively speaking.
March 18, 2008 at 10:41 am |
Your friend who let her kids go to bed later because the father came home later sounds a little like us. My husband gets home at 9pm and while I tried to put my baby to bed early for awhile because that is what you are supposed to do, they missed seeing each other. Now she goes to bed usually between 9:30-10pm, any later and she falls apart. Then my husband and I have a few hours together and then we all sleep in the next morning before my husband goes to work in the late morning. Of course this only works because I only have one baby who is content to sleep/nurse beside me until later in the morning.
March 18, 2008 at 10:21 pm |
My children are 9, 8, almost-7, 5, almost-4, and 2. When we homeschooled, the children stayed up until 9 or so, and then could sleep until 7:30 or 8:00. Now that they are in school and have to be up around 6:45 or 7:00, we aim for being in bed by 8:00. My 9 year old can read in her bed for a while. My 8 year old usually falls asleep quickly — she probably needs more sleep than anybody else in the family. My boys (almost-7, 5, and almost-4) share a bedroom and have a difficult time staying in bed and going to sleep. They are rarely asleep before 9:00. Some nights they go to sleep better than other nights. Our almost-2 year old usually falls asleep right away at 8:00. Most mornings, he wakes up around 6:00 ready for breakfast, though I try to get him to stay in bed until 7:00.
On Wednesdays, we have AWANA, which totally messes up bedtime. They don’t even get home until 9:00, so they aren’t asleep until at least 9:30, sometimes 10:00. Everybody is tired and grumpy on Thursdays. We’re actually still trying to decide if AWANA is best for our family because of this. It’s a great thing, but we’re not sure the benefits outweigh the costs.
March 18, 2008 at 11:25 pm |
Night owls aren’t only in Alaska. I have a whole family of night owls in Missouri. The girls, ages 3 and 1, get in their jammies between 8:30 and 9:00 and then head to the living room for a little more play. I read books to them and do devotions with the preschooler. Then we turn out the overhead lights and they sit on my lap and cuddle while we listen to the weather for the next day. Get a drink and go to the potty, then its off to their bedroom where we sing a couple of songs and say our prayers. The time all this takes varies. Usually Mommy, Daddy and girls all end up in bed sometime between 10 and 11 pm. Every now and then we get to bed before 10, but not very often.
March 19, 2008 at 12:50 am |
Is it impolite of me to introduce a new question here? I have noticed that several of the commenters have several children sleeping in one room. In your (collective) experience, what is the earliest age at which a child can be moved in with an older sibling? Do you ever have much trouble with them awakening each other, especially if one is sick (and coughing, sniffling, or vomitting) all night, or if one just decides to go through a spell of night-waking? I have thought of rooming our children together, but I don’t have any personal experience with this. Thanks for any insight!
March 19, 2008 at 3:04 am |
My girls, 5 and 9, have the same bedtime, usually between 7:30 and 8:00. It may seem early, but they seem to need at least 11 hours of sleep a night. They sleep in the same bedroom–the same bed even. About a year and a half ago the 5 year old started crawling in bed with her big sister in the middle of the night. Finally, I just put them both in one big bed! They both like the situation, even the 9 year old. She is very sweet with her little sister, and comforts her when she is scared. Both girls would miss each other tremendously if they had seperate rooms. They’ve been in the same room since they were 2 and 6, when I got them as foster children. I’m not sure if they shared a room before this.
March 19, 2008 at 3:27 am |
Dreamer…that is a good question!
The youngest I’ve ever put a child in the same room as siblings is after 18 months. It also depends, to me, on how old the next child up is. I want to make sure that the littlest one is going to be safe…meaning…I don’t want an older child to cover a little one up with a blanket if the little one can’t uncover him/herself.
I wouldn’t want a 3 year old trying to take a baby out of a crib…so…it really depends on the child! My STURDY 20 month old was ready to defend himself against ALL big brothers at the point he was moved in with siblings. A delicate child? I’m not sure at what age I might move them…
I would consider putting a small girl in with a responsible bigger girl, though…(I’m thinking of our own house, here, where the big girls are 9 and 12 and quite capable.)
Any one else with thoughts on this?
March 19, 2008 at 3:57 am |
All five, ages 1 to 10, go to bed at 8:30. The oldest two sometimes get to stay up later, and maybe watch a movie with Dad.
March 21, 2008 at 12:53 am |
Grace and Joy-
I kept each of my two girls in a bassinet next to my bed for the first couple of months and then moved them to the crib. (I could only breastfeed for 6 weeks before the supply ran out.) So that meant that our second daughter started rooming with her older sister when the older one was 2 1/2 and the younger one was only 8-9 weeks old. They have done really well together. It only took a little bit of getting used to on the oldest one’s part.
I should say that my oldest is very mature and very well behaved. She will follow directions. So we made sure to tell her that there could be nothing in the crib with the baby – no blankets, no toys, no stuffed animals…period. Now that the baby is a year old we let have a small stuffed lamb that rattles to sleep with. Many nights the older one reaches in and takes it out of her crib after the baby goes to sleep. (She’s protecting her baby!)
They sleep in the same room through coughing spells and sleepless nights and most of the time it doesn’t cause any problems. Even if the other child does wake up, it doesn’t last long and they’re both back to sleep.
March 21, 2008 at 3:09 am |
My girls started rooming together when they were almost 3 and 17 months. The first two boys were probably almost 3 and 18 or 19 months. Then the third son joined them when he was 14 or 15 months, I think. My fourth son is almost 2 1/2 and he is still in our room because I can’t quite trust those three big brothers.
Oh, we did have a crib tent on the crib when son #2 joined son #1 and when son #3 joined them. So that crib tent protected the younger one.
We don’t have a crib or crib tent any more, so that’s why we haven’t put the baby in with the big brothers. He’s in a playpen in our room. Because the other bedrooms are all the way at the other end of our apartment, we probably won’t feel comfortable moving him out of our room for a while. And when we do, we are thinking he may sleep in his sisters’ room before we move him in with the brothers.
March 21, 2008 at 7:39 am |
Yes, Jen, that was it for me, too! The big brothers around here (read…3 and 2 year olds…) aren’t very…shall we say…….
Discerning?
Yep. That’ll do.