After about 2 months of struggling with napping issues, we finally broke down and started separating the kids for naps this week. It had gotten to the point that they were throwing huge parties in their cribs everyday, and some days they wouldn't sleep at all. On Tuesday Derek set up a pack-n-play in the guest room for Silas, and he gets tucked in there with his pillow, blanket, 2 stuffed animals and 2 books.
The first 2 days were a little rough, and Zoe was pretty upset not having Silas in their room (they are virtually never separated from each other). Today was Day 5, however, and overall the daytime sleeping is much improved. They are now falling asleep within 5-10 minutes of being put down. They hug each other, say good night, and Silas is ready to bolt to the other room.
Today Silas had a really rough wake-up after a nearly 3 hour long nap. I went into the guest room to grab him first (normally Zoe is already awake, so she goes in to wake him up). He bolted up and started screaming "Zoe, Zoe, Zoe". I whisked him into the nursery so that he could see Zoe and hopefully calm down. She is a little mommy, so her immediate reaction was to "shhh" him and pat his back, while exchanging concerned glances with me. Even that didn't help and he was pretty inconsolable for about 15 minutes. I ended up parking them in the living room with a cartoon in hopes that he could shake whatever was going on.
Typically when we turn on a TV show they stand very close to the television until we ask them to sit in their chairs, but today they sat next to each on the couch snuggled with a blanket. He cried a few more times later on yelling "Zoe" - maybe he doesn't recognize her with the new haircut? ;-)
Separate napping is a big milestone for us. It's the beginning of many more separations for them in the future, including separate bedrooms, separate classrooms, and separate friends. I don't get nostalgic about many things as they are getting older, but for some reason this one has definitely given me a few sniffs.
Day 1 of napping in separate rooms for our no-napping, want to throw a party all afternoon 2-year-olds. — with Derek Dutra.
The first 2 days were a little rough, and Zoe was pretty upset not having Silas in their room (they are virtually never separated from each other). Today was Day 5, however, and overall the daytime sleeping is much improved. They are now falling asleep within 5-10 minutes of being put down. They hug each other, say good night, and Silas is ready to bolt to the other room.
Today Silas had a really rough wake-up after a nearly 3 hour long nap. I went into the guest room to grab him first (normally Zoe is already awake, so she goes in to wake him up). He bolted up and started screaming "Zoe, Zoe, Zoe". I whisked him into the nursery so that he could see Zoe and hopefully calm down. She is a little mommy, so her immediate reaction was to "shhh" him and pat his back, while exchanging concerned glances with me. Even that didn't help and he was pretty inconsolable for about 15 minutes. I ended up parking them in the living room with a cartoon in hopes that he could shake whatever was going on.
Separate napping is a big milestone for us. It's the beginning of many more separations for them in the future, including separate bedrooms, separate classrooms, and separate friends. I don't get nostalgic about many things as they are getting older, but for some reason this one has definitely given me a few sniffs.
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