[day 6] consistency is the key

I was taking it easy. I was lying in bed like I normally do for about 15-30 minutes after work to rejuvenate.  Evan took an early nap during the day so he was completely knocked out. Aiden was in the bathroom doing a number two. I don’t know if he held it since school. Dylan wouldn’t dare to ever go at school. He said he likes to do his number twos at home because it’s clean. Then, of course, while the other two were occupied, he was the only one who wanted to fly like an airplane nonstop. He wanted to fly and be thrown high above the sky and make a smooth (or should I say hard) landing onto the pillows. This is my version of relaxing. It’s never nice and quiet unless it’s during the weekend when all our boys nap at the same time. Yes, we’ve trained them to nap at the same time to allow us time to restore our energy.  

Now that we’re on this topic, people always wonder how we keep our boys on one schedule. It takes a lot of patience, but eventually if you train them right, you would be able to nail this. We put them on the same nap schedule as mentioned above to give us a break. Somehow, with each addition, we make it work.

Every parent needs a break whether it is for half an hour or an hour. We are very consistent, keep the same bedtime routine, no motion (i.e. rocking our baby) – For Aiden and Dylan, we tell them, it’s time to go down for a nap and their body is so used to it that they normally do. They only have request from us and that is, they can’t sleep without papa or me singing them a prayer.  As for Evan, we turn on his humidifier to avoid any muffle sound and play instrumental music for him. He gets his bottle of milk, we tell him night, close the door, and he will knock out within 5 minutes. The same routine is applied for their nap and bedtime sleep.

The rule is being consistent and making sure it happens daily in the same order every night. If you can do this, your kids would know the sleep cues. Like they say, happy kids make happy parents. I’m not an expert, but just a mom who tries to find balance one way or another.

Love my boys. XOXO