shared rooms and nap/bedtime....HELP

CHI-06

If your kids share a room how do you deal with naps and bedtime???

It seriously takes them a minimum of an hour to fall asleep.  At nap time this just doesn't work cause they are then going down so late and waking up right before dinner and then of course not tired for bed.  I try threatening to take away their stuffed animals and books in their bed if they aren't quiet.  I tried a rewards chart with my 3 year old which worked awesome...for about 2 weeks.  Now nothing seems to work.  They are up there talking and giggling and screaming and it has already been an hour!  At night they end up falling asleep like 10 oclock lately!  That is 2 HOURS to fall asleep!

HELP!!??

ccm1203

Can one of them nap in your room? 

amy05-04

Wish I had suggestions.  My almost 6 and 4 yr old boys share a room and it's over an hour every night till they fall asleep.  There are no toys in their room, but they always manage to find trouble and we are constantly going in there to tell them to be quiet so they don't wake our 13 month old   We usually end up moving one of them to our bed until they fall asleep and then putting him back in his own bed when we go to bed but I know that is not a good solution.  No more naps, so I can't help there either, but I sympathize!

CHI-06

ccm1203:

Can one of them nap in your room? 

we could... but she wets her bed now and then during a good nap.  I don't have a plastic cover on my bed just in case.  I also picture her in my closet trying on my heels ~

CHI-06

ccm1203:

Can one of them nap in your room? 

we could... but she wets her bed now and then during a good nap.  I don't have a plastic cover on my bed just in case.  I also picture her in my closet trying on my heels ~

Glendi2.0

when both my girls napped I always put them down in separate rooms (even though they share a room)... DD#1 napped on my bed, while DD#2 napped in her crib. Worked out fine

Ciarrai

Honestly, when I moved DD2 to a bed, I just gave up on naps. Se never was a good Napper anyway and that just killed whatever chance I had. She was about 20-21 months. As far as bedtime, how long have the girls shared a room? Are they tired when they go to bed? Do you play music or anything while they fall asleep? It took the girls about a week or maybe 2 to adjust after they moved to beds. They shared a room from the time DD2 was 3 or 4 months so they were used to each other's "night noises". It takes time. In the end I had to just ignore them and let them work it out on their own. The more I threatened and yelled the more thy played. By ignoring them, it lost it's novelty and they adjusted.

ghm

Yeah, I think the only option is to either let one sleep in your room or give up on naps for the oldest. Sorry! 

You could put a sleeping bag down for her on your floor or buy a waterproof pad to lay on your mattress while she's sleeping. My (almost) 3 year old usually naps on our couch but she's a really good sleeper and will sleep anywhere if she's tired enough.