Everybody Cross Your Fingers For Me!

[Heidi]

Or say a prayer, whichever you prefer to send good Mojo my way!

I doubled up my 16 mo and my 10 mo dck's for nap this afternoon. I can't keep having 4 kids in 4 different rooms; when my own kids or my dh are home, we can't move at all.

My 3 yo temp kid is leaving at the end of May, and then I start a 9 mo. By then, I hope to have the other 2 used to sleeping together (in separate pnp's of course). The last one, also 16 mo's, is hopeless, and will have to remain separate. The minute he wakes up, he parties like a rock star...

[daycarediva]

Or say a prayer, whichever you prefer to send good Mojo my way!

I doubled up my 16 mo and my 10 mo dck's for nap this afternoon. I can't keep having 4 kids in 4 different rooms; when my own kids or my dh are home, we can't move at all.

My 3 yo temp kid is leaving at the end of May, and then I start a 9 mo. By then, I hope to have the other 2 used to sleeping together (in separate pnp's of course). The last one, also 16 mo's, is hopeless, and will have to remain separate. The minute he wakes up, he parties like a rock star...

fingers and toes crossed for you!!!!!!

I am doing the same thing today with a new under 2. We'll see how she wakes up, she went down great!

[llpa]

Good vibes goin out to you happyface
Every day is a crap shoot w two yr old dcb here!

[Heidi]

ugh...Epic failure!

16 mo was fine with it, 10 mo screamed for 20 minutes (I went in 2x to lay back down). Now, he's in his "old room" again, still having a hissy.

It's just those 2 tomorrow, so I will put 16 mo back in her "old" bed, put 10 mo in his new one, and if he screams, he screams (he's slept in there before, though, when he's been here on a weekend, so not sure why it's a big deal today). Once he's used to the new digs, I can add 16 mo back in, I guess.

I also need to do something to darken the room more. The roman shades I have are sage green and don't make it dark enough.

[spud912]

Ugh....sorry to hear it didn't go so well. I hate those transitions from alone to sleeping with others! Fingers crossed it doesn't take long to adjust! :hug:

[melilley]

Darn it! Wish it would have gone better for you!

[Crazy8]

sorry it didn't work today, hope you can figure it out!! I dealt with the same thing the week of spring break - and it is making me dread summer soooo much!! I just moved the 16 mo to the playroom where the others are on mats (still in pnp though) and hoping to get him used to that by June. Then I still have a 10 month old and a 4 month old in bedrooms in pnp's. Tried putting them on opposite sides of my large bedroom but that didn't work. Have no clue how dc centers have infant sleeping rooms!

[Heidi]

sorry it didn't work today, hope you can figure it out!! I dealt with the same thing the week of spring break - and it is making me dread summer soooo much!! I just moved the 16 mo to the playroom where the others are on mats (still in pnp though) and hoping to get him used to that by June. Then I still have a 10 month old and a 4 month old in bedrooms in pnp's. Tried putting them on opposite sides of my large bedroom but that didn't work. Have no clue how dc centers have infant sleeping rooms!

I've only briefly spent time in centers, but my sources tell me it's general CHAOS. Lots of crying, over-stimulation, short naps, and more crying. Ugh! In WI, the ratio for centers and home childcare is 4:1 for under 2's. In family daycare, that usually works because it's rarely 2 caregivers and 8 babies. In centers, they have one play room and a second room with an observation window for napping. 8 babies in one space....no thank you!