Go to Sleep You Little Buggers!
Nappy time is one of the most stressful times of day for me as a parent. The kids eat lunch around 11 and then head to bed around noon. In the last few months, getting them to zonk off has been quite a chore and takes until 1 pm at times (or event later). Since their cribs are in the same room and are actually next to one another, the kids can touch each other and play "pass the nook" back and forth. They grab each others faces which ensues laughter and then tears. Today, Emma grabbed a book out of her bookshelf, which is next to her crib. I had no idea that she could even reach the bookshelf from inside of her crib, but apparently she can. I went into their bedroom four times on this particular day to calm them down and get them to go to bed. Each time, I turned on a lullabye machine, gave them their respective pacifiers and then placed the blanket over them. As I was leaving, both kids jumped up onto their feet before I could even get to the door. This is the downfall of having twins, at least a set that sleeps in the same room. My husband has suggested that they have their own rooms now that they're older and he may be on to something.
I am sort of at the end of my rope with this whole thing and hope that this is a phase that will pass. Yet it seems like my sweet babies may be rounding into their terrible twos at 17 months old. Outside of my napping woes, we have had some feeding catastrophes as of late that lead me to believe the terrible twos are here. Most recently, Emma has started to let her food ooze out of her mouth once she or I place it into her mouth. Then she laughs hysterically, which makes Carter laugh as well. When Carter is then fed or feeds himself, he spits his food out too. The both of them think this is extremely funny and entertaining. However, this leads to food all over them, me and the walls. I try not to laugh at this situation as it is going on around me but it's pretty darn hard. Again, I hope this obnoxious behavior is only a phase and will pass. In the meantime, it's more stress for mommy. What's new?!
The little stinkers after a nice nap:
Naps are so hard for twins! I have been told that with one, you can cuddle or nurse them and they go to sleep! But my 11.5 month twins are not that easy... I have to nurse both of them then let them talk or even cry until they pass out. Mine nap in the same crib but overnight they sleep in their own cribs.
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