Sleep

Sleep is very important, but very rare at our house.

So far, Emmy has been a GREAT sleeper. She gives us 5-7 hours straight at night, then after about an hour or so, goes back to sleep for a couple more hours. It's so amazing! I had no idea babies could sleep like this. Please, please, please keep it up!

Reese, on the other hand, has always been a poor sleeper. Still to this day, she rarely sleeps through the night. We play musical beds at night. Our pattern since Emmy was born is...
- Bedtime at 10:00 (I know that sounds crazy to most people, but it's actually much better than her previous schedule of going to sleep at 11:00 or 12:00)
- Daddy reads stories in her bed, turns off the light, says prayers, and stays in her bed
- Reese then comes out of her room and into my room to ask some sort of question (can I have a snack, can I go downstairs and play, etc)
- When I say no and tell her to go back to her room, she usually tells me, "Ok, but first I have to sweep" (the laundry room). I hear her clanking around in the laundry room for awhile, then she makes her way back into her room
- With Daddy still in her bed (usually sleeping at this point), she climbs in, snuggles up, and goes to sleep
- Sometime during the night, Daddy wakes up and comes back into our room
- Usually 30 minutes later, we hear Reese's door open and she comes into our room, climbs into bed, and falls right asleep.

Here are a few pictures of our crowded bed. The only thing you can't see is Libby (our cat) snuggled at the foot of the bed too.

So, although our newborns is an awesome sleeper, our nights are still not restful. Oh well, I figure we'll get a full nights sleep in a few years when Reese and Emmy can play musical beds with each other.