Chloe's Turn!

Let me start off by saying that Little Miss really has been a good sleeper for the most part. The need to do "tough love" hasn't been as great as the need was for Cooper. Oh, by the way, Cooper is doing AWESOME! Even when he was sick, he went straight down and slept through the night. For naps and bedtime, Cooper doesn't even cry when we take him to the crib. I'm very proud of him (and us for sticking it out). Back to Little Miss. We took a few steps backwards with Chloe when she got sick. We couldn't let them sleep in the same room because one would wake up the other with their coughing. Chloe also needed to sleep on an inclined position so she either slept on the boppy in the playpen in our room or in bed with us (I know, I know). After she started feeling better, she didn't want to return to her crib and she wanted to stay up really late with us to ensure her spot in our bed! Before she got sick, when Cooper went to sleep, we would rock Chloe to sleep and then put her in the crib. This was typically a very easy task.

On Monday, we did it. We put her in the crib awake and she cried so very hard. It broke my heart. She really knows how to lay it on thick. Not really the screaming cry Cooper did, more of a pathetic, you are torturing me, ruining my life, kind of cry. She cried for 30 min. and finally fell asleep. In the meantime, Cooper was put in the playpen and was already asleep. After we were sure that Chloe was asleep, we transferred Cooper to the crib. All was well, both slept until we woke them up the next morning.

Tuesday (day 2) - 3 minutes

Wednesday (day 3) - Are you ready for this? We put BOTH babies in their cribs at the same time awake. Chloe cried for a few seconds and we didn't hear a sound from Cooper. Both were sound asleep and stayed asleep until we woke them up this morning.

Shelley was also rocking Chloe to sleep and on Wednesday gave it a try for her nap. She has Cooper and Chloe's playpen next to one another so she said they kind of talked for a few minutes with each other (no tears from Chloe) and then fell asleep.

So, I think we are figuring out this twin thing with the sleep! I will greatly miss my cuddle time with Little Miss. She really isn't much of a cuddler unless she is sleepy. But, she is giving some sweet little hugs these days that I will cherish.

Both babies seem to finally be well and seem to be very happy!