Thank you!

If I have not mentioned it lately I will mention it now. I love comments. I love to hear from you. I post and wait for comments (who doesn't). So please please take a minute and let me know you are there reading. I wanted to thank all my blogger friends for all the sympathy and great advice that was shared! I really needed some hugs and encouragement. I probably should have told you what a sleep nazi I am. I have always kept to strict sleep schedules and routines. Forget about getting me to skip a nap or miss a bedtime it gives me aniexty to even think about it! With Lindsey and Jacob my training and consistency paid off. Sometimes it took time to work out kinks but since I am a nazi about it, it always paid off. My kids go to bed around 8pm and that is that! I thought I had the sleep thing under control and thought I could be the one offering the advice. I knew it all. Until I had twins. That changed the whole ballgame and changed it entirely. We do a bedtime routine, we go to bed at the same time, I am consistent etc... Nothing works. All of your advice was amazing but truthfully most of the theories mentioned have been used and reused. Except one, one I knew about all along , and have avoided. All of your mothers of twins will probably relate to this but I did not want to separate them. Honestly they love being together, I love it too. I have to get over that for now. Closing the door just makes them happy, threatening them does not work, explaining things to them, sitting in their room watching them etc (I could go on) does not work. Separating them does. My older two share a room fine when they choose to do it and putting one of the twins with Jacob works like a charm too. So for now I will put them to bed how they want, together. One warning allowed and then they separate. If they want to sleep together they will have to show they can behave. Popping in and checking on them is essential and I think positive reinforcement would be a great thing to add as I am not doing any of that now. I hate separating them but it does work. Having two the same age is a whole new challenge because it is very hard for them to control themselves and understand consequences. When you have a three and five year old together (Jacob and Hailey) Jacob understands he will get in trouble and goes to sleep. The little girls just do not have the ability to do this yet. Basically they have no self control or forethought. This is obvious when they write on the walls, get into my make up, throw stuff in the toilet! They have time to grow up I suppose but until them I need sleep and my sanity so I will have to do this. I appreciate all of the ideas and if you have any more to share, please go ahead and keep them coming. We have had two naps separated and last nights bedtime too. Tonight I gave the warning and all was quiet before 10pm (so were making some progress) Yawn...