Unlike Maren I did not make my kids clean up Christmas yet. I did not clean it up either. Now my house is like Little Shop of Horrors. I am about to go tackle it.
But first, a warning: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Some of you may know this as Newton’s Third Law of Motion. But trust me, it is a warning that I should have heeded.
Remember how blissfully happy I was after rearranging the bedrooms and getting Tiny Baby to sleep? Oh yes, it was been wonderful. (a recap for those of you who may have missed it: I moved her to the crib by herself and moved Miss 2 and Miss 8 to a downstairs bedroom.) Since then, Miss 2 has been sleeping in the porta-crib, happily sharing with Miss 8.
So, the first action was me changing the bedrooms around and getting Tiny to sleep. Are you with me?
Now, the equal and opposite reaction: Miss 2 has been taught by Miss 8 to OPEN DOOR KNOBS and CLIMB OUT OF THE PORTA-CRIB.
Needless to say, I have already put her back down for nap time so many times I’ve lost count and I fear she may NEVER NAP AGAIN!!! *shudder*
Put one baby to sleep and the other one learns not to sleep! ARGH! I have no idea how bedtime is going to go tonight. . . . .
Seems like it almost always worked that way for me. I hope you can get her to take her naps still! Tori quit about a month ago. I’m glad I got her to go that long. Most of my kids were done by 2. Those were some pretty awful years back then… But the bigger gap between my younger kids and the closeness in age of my older ones has given me some pretty sweet quiet afternoons for about 3 years now. Maybe it’ll be like that for you one day too! 🙂