so in the mornings, at 6 am, a timer on a nightlight in noah's room goes off. after that time, whenever he wakes up, he's allowed to come to our bed. he has a sippy cup of milk, tells us when it's all gone, and goes back to sleep, with us. he sleeps until 7:30 or 8, in our bed.
aviva's crib is in the closet and she wakes up anywhere from 6:00-7:30, and starts talking. at some point, josh or i will open the closet door and take her out and hold her, and she'll eventually point to things and want to play with stuff.
for the last few mornings, she's been awake before him, and it's gotten to be the time to wake him up (he usually wakes up on his own, but it's been getting late, lately). i've brought her in to our bed and put her down next to him, and she's been poking him and saying "dah" and "zah" and "hi." and he slowly wakes up and says those words/non-words back, and we roll around and squish each other and snuggle and stuff and it's nice. so she's been waking him up in the mornings.
the other night, josh took noah to the grocery store after dinner, and they returned late, around 7:30 or 7:45. i had just put aviva to bed and finally she was asleep. when we put her to bed, we change her and put on her pajamas, read to her and sing, and she'll eventually point to her crib. we put her in and close the door, and sometimes that's it. other times, she's quiet and then starts crying, and we take her out, do more talking and reading and singing, and put her back. it sometimes takes awhile.
so she was finally quiet, and noah and josh came back. i told noah that i wanted him to be very quiet, because aviva was asleep. he agreed, but then ran up to the closet and opened the door. i was so mad! i was quick to reprimand him and push him away from her closet and close the door again, and i was so frustrated.
i told josh later and he saw it totally differently. josh thought noah just wanted to see her. he missed her, and wanted to see her. i had told noah to be quiet, but i didn't tell him to keep her door closed or let her sleep. and wasn't that sweet of him, that he wanted to see his sister.
fine. yes, i guess it's sweet. and i guess i need to be more clear about what exactly i mean.
aviva's crib is in the closet and she wakes up anywhere from 6:00-7:30, and starts talking. at some point, josh or i will open the closet door and take her out and hold her, and she'll eventually point to things and want to play with stuff.
for the last few mornings, she's been awake before him, and it's gotten to be the time to wake him up (he usually wakes up on his own, but it's been getting late, lately). i've brought her in to our bed and put her down next to him, and she's been poking him and saying "dah" and "zah" and "hi." and he slowly wakes up and says those words/non-words back, and we roll around and squish each other and snuggle and stuff and it's nice. so she's been waking him up in the mornings.
the other night, josh took noah to the grocery store after dinner, and they returned late, around 7:30 or 7:45. i had just put aviva to bed and finally she was asleep. when we put her to bed, we change her and put on her pajamas, read to her and sing, and she'll eventually point to her crib. we put her in and close the door, and sometimes that's it. other times, she's quiet and then starts crying, and we take her out, do more talking and reading and singing, and put her back. it sometimes takes awhile.
so she was finally quiet, and noah and josh came back. i told noah that i wanted him to be very quiet, because aviva was asleep. he agreed, but then ran up to the closet and opened the door. i was so mad! i was quick to reprimand him and push him away from her closet and close the door again, and i was so frustrated.
i told josh later and he saw it totally differently. josh thought noah just wanted to see her. he missed her, and wanted to see her. i had told noah to be quiet, but i didn't tell him to keep her door closed or let her sleep. and wasn't that sweet of him, that he wanted to see his sister.
fine. yes, i guess it's sweet. and i guess i need to be more clear about what exactly i mean.
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