I am an exhausted mum of 28month old twins. We've recently taken one side off of their cot beds.
We got them the sleep training clocks and we reminds them each night that they don't get up until the sun is up etc but they have started getting up around 4am. My partner and I are struggling to cope. He's a police officer and on shifts and as of Monday I'll be a stay at home mum but right now I'm dreading it.
This morning I'm so tired I feel so dizzy.
The other problems I have is that come 10 am they're exhausted and want a nap which a) wipes out our day and b) I've then got to try and keep the awake again until 6:30/7.
I'm not a lazy mum. I do so much with my girls but now that we're all tired no one wants to go out and we're all to grump anyway.
pre cot bed this was our routine. wake up around 6:30/7:00. nap around 12:30/1 wake up usually after about 90 mins or so.
Stay to wind down at 6:00 for bed at 7. This was lovely. I could function on this.
Now it's 4:30/5:00 sometimes earlier wakes up. 10:15 the battle starts to keep them awake.
11:30 relent and put them up for nap. 12:30 awake if not before.
5pm meltdown begins. 6:00/6:30 asleep! This routine is an unhappy one. We're all stuck in doors and I'm generally on my own dealing with 2.
I really need some friendly, is advice
xxc