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SparklesAndUnicorns · 01/06/2019 20:43

I have a 6 year old and an almost 3 year old and we live in a two bed house. I have just recently moved my son from his cot in my room put them into the same room and it takes them almost 2 hours some nights to go to sleep because they're constantly messing about and talking. I feel like I've tried absolutely everything to get them to sleep on time and I'm slowly loosing my tether. I'm a single parent and the only time I get to myself is the evenings like a lot of other parents and at the moment I'm not even getting that time to unwind. Some evenings I end up sitting in my room and crying because they just won't go to sleep. I just don't know what the solution is. I wish they had their own rooms but obviously with the size of my house it isn't possible. I put them to bed at 7pm and most days we have done stuff to tire them out or it's been school and they just won't listen to me when I'm asking them to go to sleep constantly. I'm fighting a loosing battle here and I don't know what to do! I've felt so stressed and on edge recently and I really do feel it's because I'm not getting my few hours of peace on an evening! Someone please help me!

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LilyMumsnet · 02/06/2019 09:19

Just bumping this for you, OP. Flowers

Gruffalosgrandma · 02/06/2019 09:25

Have you tried putting the younger one to bed at 6:30 and the older one at 7:30 ?

SparklesAndUnicorns · 02/06/2019 10:07

@Gruffalosgrandma I was thinking that this morning. Otherwise my son is going to have to move back into my room which would be like a huge step back. My older child is going through one of those phases where everything is a battle which is making it even harder. Hopefully when she's passed this phase bedtime will also be easier again! When they first went into the same room it was a breeze and they would take up to half an hour to be asleep.

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SparklesAndUnicorns · 02/06/2019 10:08

@LilyMumsnet thank you 💖

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MyHomey · 02/06/2019 10:16

I think staggering bed time is definitely the best first step. Feel for you through, must be very difficult with two on your own. Keep forging on and I'm sure in time it will settle when the novelty wears off!

Could they also separately listen to an audio story on some headphones so they are distracted separately?

SparklesAndUnicorns · 02/06/2019 20:22

@MyHomey thank you for the advice, they only have one tablet but maybe my oldest could listen to something on that as my youngest finds it a lot easier to fall asleep quickly. We had a horrendous night last night so they were so tired today they went to sleep almost immediately!
Will try a staggered bedtime also.

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MyHomey · 02/06/2019 22:41

Make the most of them sleeping and have some R&R! X

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