So, we're five nights in to the transition from cots to beds and how's it gone? Well, they've not fallen out of their beds yet which is comforting however, other than that......
IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE!!
We decided to move them into beds because of how unsettled they'd been over the last few weeks (since we came back from holiday, actually). Every night it has taken us between 1½ and 2 hours to get them off to sleep involving a mixture of laying on the floor next to their beds, reading stories, cuddling until their almost asleep - you name it, we've tried it.
On top of that, they've been waking several times in the night too. Sometimes getting out of their beds, sometimes just sitting up. I think Monday night was probably the worst - Theo was up every half hour between 10pm and 2am (conveniently waking up the minute you start to drift off to a deep sleep yourself) - whilst Charlie took over the baton at 4am.
However, last night we went HARDCORE.
In a co-ordinated team assault executed by Mum and Dad that Jo Frost would have been proud of, Mum carried out the first shift (which involved a couple of stories and some settling down whilst she stayed in the room) - she then executed a tactical retreat (ie. took Monty for a walk) whilst the main artillery (ie. Dad) advanced and administered the Super Nanny Tactics 'Alpha'.
Theo settled down immediately - Charlie meanwhile, resisted all attempts and kept getting out of his bed for what must have been 45 minutes plus. He must have realised that his escape attempts were fruitless though and finally just lay in bed crying before eventually giving up and drifting off to sleep!
The sense of achievement was fantastic and we had one of the best nights sleep we'd had in over a month.
Have we broken the back of the transition to beds? Only time will tell but the signs are good. I've received word from the front line (ie. home) that settling them down for their lunchtime nap today was achieved in record time!
We shall see if it continues....
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