What does this mean? ... Is Shelley already climbing out of her crib? No, she doesn't even crawl yet! The answer is Shelley gets to sleep in Jorgen's room now. Why, might you ask, did we have to wait for the crib tent to come to put our kids in the same room? Well, I don't know about you, but I would prefer it if Shelley was protected while she's in the same room as her sweet two-year old brother. Not that Jorgen intentionally wants to harm Shelley, no, no, no, more like, he so totally loves her and wants to play with her constantly that he needs some boundaries. And what better boundaries than a mesh wall preventing him from crossing over while Shelley sleeps. I think it's a grand idea!
So tonight is the night. Shelley is actually asleep in her crib as I type while Jorgen is yacking away telling stories to his stuffed animals and talking to himself. She doesn't seem to mind the chatter, not yet at least. I don't know how parents did it before. I have a crib tent and a video monitor (yes, I can see Shelley's sweet face soundly sleeping and making sure Jorgen doesn't figure out how to unzip the tent and lay with her) and I still worry. Most parents just throw their kids in the same room without a question or worry. I'm sure Jorgen and Shelley will get used to sleeping in the same room, Jorgen is a pretty deep sleeper so I'm not too worried about him waking up. It's Shelley that I worry about..speaking of Shelley, she just woke up because Jorgen is saying "Where's my Didi!!!" really loud...ok, she's back to sleep. I guess this will teach her to sleep through more noises and teach Jorgen that he needs to whisper more. I love monitors and that I can see and hear most of what goes on.
Hopefully this small adjustment will go well. Shelley will at least be happy she doesn't have to sleep in the hall anymore. She was hitting both ends of her bassinet and hearing Justin and I constantly clattering about downstairs.
Ok, must intevene...She is really sad and Jorgen is banging his feet against his bunk! Any sharing room advise from experienced parents is welcome...;)
Jorgen is in his bunk excited about Shelley and her new tent attachment to her crib. He really wanted to sleep in the tent!
That face is what made me want to use the crib tent...It looks like he's ready to pounce on her bed...
Shelley wrapped up in a burrito and both are all ready for their first night sharing a room.
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Let him kiss her and love her A LOT while she is awake, so he gets the itch to touch out of his system...then when she goes to bed, tell him its his time to HELP her sleep by being quiet. The novelty of the tent & her will pass in a few days. They will be best buds soon enough. Tell him lots that he is a good helper and loves his sister.
They are just too cute together.
just don't let him tell her stories - you know how that turns out with older brothers and little sisters! hehe
Please let us know how it went! Man they are cute.
so are you ;)
Wow, that is a big step. I'm planning on trying to put them together around Christmas time. Hopefully Lucy will be sleeping totally through the night by then. She is currently in a pack and play in our office. But, I guess, they are always going to wake each other up one or another once they are in the same room. The sooner they get used to it, the better. I'd like to hear how this all went. BTW, we went to the reunion and Sis. Rolf and I were the sole representatives of the sisters from our era. Time flys huh?
Yes, we put our baby girl in a straight-jacket before she goes to sleep. Or as Jorgen affectionately calls it, the "burrito". All wrapped up tight like a Chipotle special. Jorgen will now start crying frantically a few minutes after we put him down "ba-wito, ba-wito...make Jowgen a ba-wito". Either that or he's so upset that he's blankie is "broken" because it comes untucked. You'd have thought the world had ended.
But he's the sweetest little boy in the world. And he and Shelley are best buds. He adores her and she gets so excited when he hovers over her (which is often).
i bet he loves that she's in there. And - you have good reason to worry. My friend said she went in and there were tons of toys thrown into her new baby's crib (soft and hard toys). Also my sister's son is quite a bit older but even they have a hard time with boundaries...she heard them in the middle of the night and child #1 thought child #4 wanted out of the crib so there they were - on the floor playing together! =)
yay pictures :D. I love em. And Im really glad you were finally able to put shelley in the room. Sorry it took a bit to get the tent to you but Im glad we finally found all the pieces. Love you and glad they love the tent and things went pretty good xoxoxox
mmmm. chipotle. totally miss it! memphis sucks. oops, can i say that?
and you have girlie muslin! i am so glad. aylen is in the striped one tonight, all burritoed up. or as kinnon used to call it years ago... "reetoed". and hurray for the tent and video monitor! hey, how sturdy is that bunk? are you happier?
I think she'll adjust to the noise and be a better sleeper down the road because of it. Nothing is worse than feeling like the whole world must shut down 'cause the baby is sleeping. Speaking of cribs and tents...I've told all the girls that if someone wants to get in Davey's crib for any reason (Lizzie gets in there sometimes and Annie too) they must call for me and let me lift them in and out of the crib. I have this fear that the second Davey sees someone "climbing" out of the crib he will figure out how. He is a climber and I'm trying to delay the crib climb as long as possible. Already this week, he tried to "back out" of his crib the same way he gets off the couch or our bed, in reverse. He got his little legs stuck all the way up to his diaper. Sorry so long. Oh yeah, the parrot is in the mail tomorrow. Call me if it doesn't show up by the end of the week. XXOO Rachel
I can understand your concern...especially when I look at that face and know how much he loves his sister! I think the novelty will wear off and the tent is a good idea against flying toys etc. Making a big deal about being a "big" brother and how he does such a great job of being really quiet etc....it will work out and it is a good think you have a monitor!
Your kids are so adorable; I love the picture where Jorgen is smiling real big holding her :) You'll have to keep us posted on how the sharing goes!
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