From the time the twinzies were born sleep is an on going issue. I think we have been VERY lucky on the sleep front (not without a lot of hard work and sleep training), but both kids have slept thru the night in their own beds from very early on. They have always been on the same schedule for naps/nighttime which was a HUGE life saver. I can probably count on one hand how many times a year I have to get up with the kids. Outside of sickness, they pretty much sleep all night without interruption {don’t hate}.

When we moved we {they} dropped their naps completely which was a huge thing as that was when I got the majority of my work done. The plus side of no naps is we are free all day and don’t have to rush home for naps. We also converted Shenzie’s crib into the toddler bed, and now into a full size bed. She LOVES her new big bed and looks so much more comfy in it. I love that we can all pile on for story time at night.

The transition wasn’t too bad from crib/toddler to big bed. The first few weeks Shenzie was found sleeping in random places:

The hallway

The stair landing

and a mid day crash on the floor downstairs.

The other morning about 7 I heard her playing and in my head started to cry because 7 is just TOO EARLY. Our new wakeup time is about 8:30 which I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE so 7 was going to kill me. I must have fallen back asleep and when I woke I found Shenzie asleep on the floor next to my bed. How sweet and very uncomfortable!

Jeff and I laugh to ourselves each night as we sit downstairs and listen to her play in her room before going to bed. Sometimes it is as late as 10:00/10:30, but she is quiet and doesn’t wake Heaten so its all fun.

Where is Heaten during all of this??? Still in his crib. I thought for sure when we converted Shenzie’s toddler bed to her full size bed that he would jump on the big bed bandwagon, but nope. I ask him every day would he like his big boy bed and he tells me he is not ready. So for now he is happy in his crib and doesn’t care that he isn’t in his big bed.

*Little side note. We don’t have a family bed. Jeff and I sleep in our bed and the kids sleep in theirs, end of story. However, the few nights that Shenzie came into our room at 3am I let her climb into bed with me and it was so sweet sleeping next to my bed hogging daughter.