September 1, 2010

Sleeping progress

After Camelia's second crying episode of 2.5 hours tearing my heart to pieces, we decided to put the girls into separate rooms so that Camelia's stubborn sleep habits would not negatively impact Gilana.  I plan on them being in the same room again after this baby stage, but for now this is the best thing for our family.  Once Byron and I determined to separate them last week, we went straight to work rearranging the rooms in time for bed.  This required dismantling Meli's crib and determining furniture placement using this handy tool.  Byron made the call to no longer have a guest room as it made the 10' by 10' rooms too cramped with a cribs, armoire, desk, futon, rocking chairs, and bookcases spread out between them.  After a couple hours of concentrated effort all was ready and lovely for the babes.  That night Camelia went right to sleep after only 5 minutes fuss in her new room.  Nights have gotten progressively easier.  Success!!!