It's 3:30 in the morning. I've been wrestling for the past hour and a half with two very little boys who just don't sleep. The 2 yo used sleep a lot (excessively, in fact) but we have been working with OT to help him become more appropriately alert and active within his world. The 1 yo has always been a really terrible sleeper.
2 yo had been in his own sleep space (mattress on our floor) and that was working very well for him. 1 yo has a mattress, but still sleeps in my bed for the vast majority of nights.
DH is not around for now- which is pertinent because we did very well sharing night time parenting- but since he is not here, if one child wakes, they both do.
About an hour ago, the 2 yo decided to climb into my bed for a snuggle. That is usually ok, but the 1 yo has been very fussy and isn't sleeping well at all to begin with- he's frantically squirming throughout the night, often requiring swaddling and patting to fall back to sleep every 30- 45 minutes. He became unsettled with the 2 yo jostling the bed, and woke completely, then wakng the now settled 2 yo. This turned into a quick 'party in Mom's Bed!' and they are both now wide awake.
I need suggestions to help them both stay asleep, at least for a little bit because this is just not working for me, and it's not working for them either- though they are apparently enjoying the 3am playtime.
2 yo had been in his own sleep space (mattress on our floor) and that was working very well for him. 1 yo has a mattress, but still sleeps in my bed for the vast majority of nights.
DH is not around for now- which is pertinent because we did very well sharing night time parenting- but since he is not here, if one child wakes, they both do.
About an hour ago, the 2 yo decided to climb into my bed for a snuggle. That is usually ok, but the 1 yo has been very fussy and isn't sleeping well at all to begin with- he's frantically squirming throughout the night, often requiring swaddling and patting to fall back to sleep every 30- 45 minutes. He became unsettled with the 2 yo jostling the bed, and woke completely, then wakng the now settled 2 yo. This turned into a quick 'party in Mom's Bed!' and they are both now wide awake.
I need suggestions to help them both stay asleep, at least for a little bit because this is just not working for me, and it's not working for them either- though they are apparently enjoying the 3am playtime.
