Bed Time Fail

Sophie and Hannah have been refusing to nap in the afternoon and go to sleep at night. Bedtime ends up being a free for all where clothes get pulled out of drawers, stuffed animals dumped out of bins, and blankets strewn about. Lots of screaming and singing at the top of their lungs.

Nothing was working until Craig and I decided to separate them. We put Sophie in the guest room with the queen size bed (which she loves). Sophie usually falls asleep right away. She really loves that bed. Hannah is not quite as enthusiastic about this arrangement because she doesn't like to go to sleep without Sophie.

So this afternoon when they were refusing to nap (again!), I decided to give Hannah a chance to go in the guest room and sleep in the big bed. And here is the difference between the two girls:

Sophie goes into the guest room, brings her Doggies and Bear and special blankets. She gets all snuggly and lays there in this enormous bed, probably thinking about how happy she is just to be there. When I check on her after a few minutes, she's usually sound asleep.

I put Hannah in the guest room and it's also nice and quiet. But when I go in to check on her after a few minutes, she's wearing an old costume that I stored in the back of the closet, holding a pair of crochet hooks that were in one of the top drawers in the tall dresser, and playing with a box of buttons and rubber bands that were stored in another drawer.

For Sophie, going into the guest room means sleeping in the big bed. For Hannah, it's a chance to explore.