This is going to be a mighty long post so be prepared
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I hope you have a wonderful time at Jasmine's birthday meal.
Thank you so much. About 40people (DH comes from a huge family) so I am a little nervous. But it will be at Smorgys... since I am too lazy to cater for that many people and can't be bothered cleaning the house, lol. Smorgys is all you can eat so theres lots of different types and hopefully everyone is happy.
I also worry about occassions like that, but usually Isabella surprises me and does just fine. It's amazing the difference having people around makes. KWYM about falling asleeo in the car....I try alsorts to keep her awake, but if she wants to sleep she will ..through anything..if only she were like that in her cot!
Lol, Jasmine hasn't slept in the car since she was a teeny weeny baby but if it looks like she's going to nod off... I'll ask Isabella sing the ABC or the "twinkle twinkle little star" songs.... she actually shouts them out more like it so that would keep Jasmine awake
How are managing to keep Isabella quiet for Jasmine to take a longer nap?
Isabella's room is at the end of the house and right opposite is the other "small" room. The main (master) bedroom is at the front of the house. Believe it or not..... for the last 9 months (which is how long we have been living here - renting actually), I have had Jasmine in the main bedroom and us in the other small room. The reason I did this was so that Jasmine wouldn't wake Isabella up and vise versa. Because the master bedroom is at the front of the house, you could practically hear our neighbours and in general the outside street noises really well. Even with the fan on, I found her waking/jolting with every car going past (its not a busy street thou) and with every neighbour closing the car doors, etc.... Anyways, our neighbour goes to work really early (5:45am) ..... so the other day I thought.... what if Jasmine keeps on waking up this early becuase she is actually woken up by him starting his car. Sounds crazy but at 5.30 in the morning, its extremely quiet and his garage is right next to her window so no fan would be able to block that out.... so I asked DH to swap us around. We have finally gotten our room back and Jasmine is at the end of the house right opposite Isabella...... which actually solves the issue with Isabella waking her up during the day. Because the tv room/kitchen, etc... is also at the front of the house, I found that we had to be super quiet when Jasmine was napping & I was getting really stressed about Isabella wanting to go into the kitchen or scream out when her fav songs would play. This is only day 2 mind you of the room change but for the last 2 days when Jasmine is napping in the morning, I don't really have to tell Isabella to try and be quieter because the noise won't reach the back of the house anyways..... I cannot believe how stupid I have been ALL these months. We did have the master room when we 1st moved here and Jasmine actually slept in that room with us (in her cot) until she was 6 months old. But after that, we left the cot and her in there and moved to the smaller room
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Having 2 and trying to transition must make it so tricky...2 kids...2-3 naps and I guess all different times. Do you get any Y time??
"Y" time? What's that
Actually when Isabella was transitioning I was 9months pregnant and throughout the really hard 3 months (12-15months) I had a newborn. That was really really tough! Now its really not too bad. So far its been fairly ok with the transition, other than the EW's and short naps here and there. With Isabella it was really bad because I hadn't discovered BW and when she hit the OT state at 12ish months, I finally googled 2-1naps and it led me to the BW site. The 2-1 thread thats going on at the moment is the very 1st thread I posted on. She was so OT and I was up with her several times at night.... so I guess this time around I kinda know what to look out for (like long A times).....
There is about 30mins Y time during the day. Isabella naps at 12.30-2 and Jasmine goes down at 1.30 but its nice to have the 1hr with Jasmine on my own and we usually have lunch just after Isabella goes to sleep, then wash up, pjs and quiet play with the ball or something. I just love being able to play with her when there is no one else seeking my attention, iykwim.... So that 30mins is usually BW time with a cup of tea and chocolates/sweets (I have a secret stash I take out when no one is around), lol
We are travelling to the in laws on Tuesday. It's a 3.5 hr drive, so I'm thinking about making that a 1 nap day in the hope she will sleep most of the journey!!!! Early lunch, then off. Stop for a snack when she wakes and then hope for the best for the rest of the journey!
That sounds like a plan! 3.5hrs is a long time so she should be able to sleep most of the way... and if not you can also shoot for an earlier bedtime, lol. Is that 3.5hrs on the way back as well or are you staying there overnight?
