sleeping

About six weeks ago, we put the boys in the same room together. Finally. Harry slept in a pack n play in our bathroom for over a year. We even bought him a nice little mattress that fit in it because we (I) felt so badly for him. We weren't sure what to expect. At the time, Harry took about a half hour to go down. As soon as i'd put him down, he stand up and yell and scream and finally wear himself out. When we put Brice down, he'd toss everything out of his crib and then wail and whine till we went in and retrieved it all. We tried being tough and making him sleep in an empty crib and the child screamed for two hours. Ugh.

So, we put Harry's pnp in Brice's room for the first two weeks while we waited for his crib to arrive. The first few nights Harry wailed for an hour in the middle of the night. Brice never woke up. Amazing. Then, Brice learned how to climb out of his crib. One morning Seth got up and found them both in Harry's pnp. Harry was chewing on a straw Brice had retrieved for him and Brice was quietly clipping his nails with a clipper he had snatched from who knows where? Anyway, we quickly ordered a crib tent and Brice loves it. I think he feels cozy in it. He can't throw anything out, so he actually goes to sleep immediately. And Harry, now that he's snug in his crib with Brice nearby, falls asleep right away too. No more crying, no more wailing and whining and screaming. We put them down together and they sleep for 11 to 12 hours a night.

Thank you, Jesus.