Because I'm starting to feel a bit rubbish about it all. They're nearly 8 months, and although they do some things at roughly the same times, I seem to be utterly crap at actually having a routine that works for both of them every day. I don't think I was any better with ds1 and ds2, but it wasn't such a problem then. Do I just have children that don't fit the mould or do I need to mould them? You really think I would know by now with 4! I'm getting by just because I nearly always have someone around for the school run who can do it for me or stay with them whilst I do it.
But I really would like to have something a bit more concrete and am too tired to see how to accomplish it. I don't seem to have any control over how long they nap for or even if they'll nap (dd decides half the time she won't have a morning nap). DD is bfing whilst DS3 has formula so they're completely different with their feeding patterns even though I try to feed them together where possible.
I always wake one up if the other has woken, I always give them lunch and dinner at the same time because I'm feeding the other kids too. I always start the bedtime routine at the same time because of the other kids. Anything outside of that is free for all. Today they had 2 naps each, one long in the morning, one short afternoon. Tuesday dd had 3, ds had 4! I never know if the nap will be 30 minutes or 2 hours like today. DS is reasonably predictable with his bottles, but dd is demand fed and of course demands it when I least expect it. They're both still waking at night, but not at the same time.
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accessorizequeen · 21/05/2009 22:13
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