Wake Up Time!

I never been a morning person, and the fact that I’ve been able to sustain this level of commitment to start my day before 8am, especially on a non-work day is surprising. I remember as a kid sleeping until noon sometimes, they just don’t make kids the same way anymore. LOL. For that reason, I truly believe sleep has become my new pastime, and I can nap with the best of them. Maybe, I’m just getting old or life as a twin parent naturally makes you sleep deprived. However, if you think about their situation, when you are sleeping or attempting to sleep, and someone else in the room is either crying in your ear, making loud noises, or nudging you to wake up as well that must be difficult. In other words, 1 plus 1 is two, when one wakes up the other is more likely to wake up soon afterwards. During the morning routine of getting them up and ready for the day or school, the girls have now connected this period as “wake up time”. Sometimes before bedtime or in the middle of the night they would ask about the next day and say is it “wake up time yet?” or make other inquiries. With that being said, as parent of twins, newborns or toddlers, how do you make time for sleep? Do you sleep with your kid or do you encourage them to sleep in a separate room?