Bedtime nightmares

Over MLK weekend we decided the time had come for Annie and Nicholas to share a room. Annie has been in her new bed for a few weeks and doing great, and Nicholas had been sleeping through the night pretty solidly. We picked a long weekend because we figured that if it went horribly wrong, at least it would be a weekend and we'd both be home to cope with a sleep deficit.

On Friday night we made the plunge. The first night was a bit rocky, but we expected that. We put Nicholas to bed first at 6:30, thinking he'd be asleep around 7ish when Annie came in. That was true, however, Annie hasn't quite learned how to whisper. In fact, when you tell her to whisper or lower her voice quite often the opposite happens. So, sure enough, we put her to bed, she starts talking/singly loudly and Nicholas wakes up. Argh... But after a few minutes, they both settle down, Nichol falls back asleep and Annie eventually falls asleep. Saturday morning they wake up on the early side, I think around 5. Not the most ideal situation, but at least we made it through the night.

Saturday night. Same plan, Nicholas goes to bed first, then Annie. Things seem to be good until around 1am. Nicholas wakes up crying. Annie wakes up. One of us takes Nicholas out of the room and the other gets Annie back to bed. Nicholas falls asleep, heads back into his crib, wakes up again a few hours later. Annie wakes up... Repeat. At about 4am, Nicholas is awoken by screams coming from Annie. Did I mention that Annie seems to have very vivid dreams and often talks loudly in her sleep? Right, I must have forgotten that part... Eventually we cry uncle, Nicholas comes into bed with us, Annie falls back asleep and we all manage to scrape together another few hours of sleep.

Sunday... pretty much an exact repeat of Saturday night with both kids up multiple times throughout the night. We wake up Monday exhausted and slightly cranky.

Monday. Upon closer inspection it is revealed that Nicholas is teething some more. In addition to two bottom teeth working their way up, his two top front teeth are working their way out too! We give up.

I think at this point we're going to wait a few weeks before we try this again...