Sleep when the bab...hey, wait a minute!

Twice tonight I had to go into the girls' room and take Nat out of Selina's crib. The first time, she was gently poking her awake, "hey, Seena! Hey, Seena!" and Selina was blinking in surprise.

The second time (about 20 minutes later), I heard Selina from across the house, laughing much louder than she typically cries. I found them sitting there, across from each other in the cramped mini-crib, playing pat-a-cake in the twilight.

It soon got dark enough that presumably, Nat couldn't find her way back across the room to climb into the crib a third time.

Poor Selina. She has a lot more trouble falling asleep than Nat. She's gonna be a grouch tomorrow. Especially if, as I suspect will happen, Nat gets into her crib again in the early morning to wake her up and play some more. (Selina goes down about 45 minutes earlier and usually sleeps at least an hour later than Nat in the mornings.)

Then again, if Nat and Selina would play for a while in the morning, maybe Cole and I could get some sleep...

By the way, Nat has started to correct herself in pronouncing Selina's name. She has said "Selina" instead of "Seena" several times in the past two days.

Comments

[Islay]

hehehe - oh, you think that's tricky, try managing a room of thirty kids between six and eighteen months, ALL of the walkers of whom have worked out how to get into each other's cots, and just LOVE to poke their sleeping younger compadres awake. XP

[Megan]

Too cute! Though perhaps it's time for a "only mommies get to wake people when they are sleeping" rule?

[AM]

My boys did that. I thought it was cute until the grumpies were too much. Then I bought a crib tent. It worked pretty well, right up until last week when the little guy moved into his own bed. Now I've had to move them to seperate roomms because the little guy just isn't getting enough sleep with all the shennanigans.

[Susan]

They just get more and more adorable, don't they?

[Margie]

I miss that. Our daughter used to sneak into our son's room so they could hoot and holler a little before they went to sleep. They thought they were so clever - she'd hide under his bed (like I couldn't tell she was missing from her own), and then they'd giggle when we walked out pretending that she'd tricked us. Yeah, they lost a little sleep, but I think they bonded, too. On the other hand, they were a little older than Selina, so you may have your work cut out for you!

[Erin O']

Our guys wake one another up in the mornings. I've taught H. to recognize when it's 7 am, so he and L. stay in their room and play 'til then so dh and I can sleep a bit more. It gets easier and easier sleep-wise as they get older and can talk and play together. I think Selina and Nat will have a gas!