Last night, for the first time in THREE WEEKS, we had a basically tearless bedtime. This morning I woke up at 6:20am and thought "wow, I have slept so late today". I am not saying these things to brag about my brilliant life, but to say that *maybe* twin sleep is getting better and *maybe* this is the start of me being a functioning human-person again and not just the "time for bed at 8pm" person I have been for 3 weeks.
When things start to get getter with kids/sleep one always asks "what changed"? Sleep is basically the most superstitious topic in parenting small kids.
So what changed last night, in our first good bedtime in 3 weeks?
We found someone else to do bedtime. A teenage girl. The BEST toddler and kid entertainment that exists.
When I found out blogger extraordinaire Elisabeth was planning a long Europe adventure I reached out with a Wales visit pitch, and since she arrived on Wednesday I have both loved having her around *and* loved watching our kids hang out!
We have basically been looking for a Belle since we had kids. I told Andy many times about how teenage year old girls are *the best* for small kids and Belle has been even better than I imagined.
On Friday Belle joined us for school pick up for Ezra and Lily. Andy asked why. Why would a teenage girl want to spend time with kids and toddlers? Because that's how being an awesome teenage year old girl works.
We even managed to eat dinner outside Friday evening, even though the weather said chance of rain all day. And her kids didn't mind foraging berries in our garden (because we are apparently raising feral welsh suburban children):
After dinner, Belle ran twin bedtime! At one point she asked for help, because Andy had closed the stair gate and she was stuck in a room with a nappie-less Clara yelling "need a wee! Need the potty!" while Aubrey tried to take off her own nappy. However, by 7:30, she read them a story, and by 8pm everyone (even Ezra and Lily!) was asleep.
For the first night in weeks, Andy and I hung out after bedtime and even watched a show. I used ChatGBP to help find something to watch, and it suggested Big Mistakes, which seems a bit... meh so far.
- Ezra and I are excited to explore South Wales with Elisabeth and co.
- Lily, Clara, and Aubrey are excited to go to a 5 year old's birthday party at a soft play.
- Andy is excited to take the big kids biking tomorrow
I realize I am the worst scientist, because one good bedtime is not a trend, but this morning I can be optimistic it might be.
Maybe we will survive this sleep transition. Maybe.
Have you watched any good shows recently? How do I find a teenage year old girl to help us with our kids all the time?
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