Do you want to know what it is like to have four kids living in one room?
Well this is what it looks like. And no I'm not going to show you the other side of the room, It looks like a tornado hit.
I bet you can guess where the almost eleven year old sleeps.
It is not an enjoyable bedtime I must admit. Because you see, they all want to drift off to sleep under different circumstances because they are all so different.
One of them likes to stay up all night reading, she can't be quiet or still or stay in her bed, which angers all of the others.
Another likes to play in bed for a bit and makes all kinds of noise, but at the right moment he wants darkness and complete quiet. After his story being read and his song being sung to him of course. Half the time making everyone upset and the other half being upset.
The other likes stories and a song and to lay in bed awhile in quiet with the light on until she is completely asleep do to her great fear of the dark. She also needs someone in the room with her and even better laying in her bed with her, except a certain nameless person "because she toots too much".
And lastly this one likes stories and to be sung to sleep with no other noise with the light out. And she never sleeps through the night! She crawls in my bed every night crowds me and attaches to me causing me a great deal of discomfort and loss of sleep. But I love her to pieces anyway.
So as you can imagine, no one gets their way. There is a lot of crying and tattling and arguing. And then they finally fall off to sleep.
I am slowly finding little tricks to help, but there is always one who is unhappy. I'll let you know if we ever figure out the perfect routine to make Four very different children happy.
