I'm not quite sure exactly WHO is involved in this struggle, I guess that depends on the moment, but let there be no mistake naps have taken a turn towards disastrous! For the first week, we held our breath that their climbing out of the cribs was just a fluke and they would soon tire of this novelty, but in the end it was not to be.
Next we thought, oh well they will just fall asleep on the floor eventually; and they did, right after they took every piece of clothing out of the dresser, and the next day did the same with the closet followed by the entire contents of the closet floor (diapers, sheets, shoes, diaper bags etc). So we naturally thought we, the adults, would just out maneuver them and put child proof drawer pulls on the dresser and a door lock that prevents them from opening the closet and then we would be set. They would now either sleep in their cribs or on the floor and we were OK with this. Well, that is not how it went at all.
Yesterday Doug went to see what all the yelling and commotion was about when during nap time Isabel started yelling "no", "nooooo", "nooo" and there was some crying also. Upon entering their room, he discovered both girls were out of their cribs, and all the toys, both Izzy and Lexi's toys, were all piled into Izzy's crib and she didn't want to share them any more. So naturally Doug separated the toys, and put each child in their respective cribs and back down stairs he comes. About 15 minutes later we hear more crying, a little more intense than the last time, and more "no"s shouted by Isabel. Upon reentry to their room Doug sees Isabel standing on the outside of her crib, pointing and yelling at her crib which again is FILLED, with ALL the toys; only this time, he notices the toys are moving and Lexi is no where to be seen. Well little miss Alexa decided that if Isabel was going to take all the toys and put them in her crib, then she was going to get in Izzy's crib too. Smart kid, but Izzy didn't like it so much. After separating them again, we later checked in while it was quiet to find both girls asleep in Izzy's bed once again...they truly are best friends.
They drive me crazy with the bickering and fighting, but then they make my heart explode with pride and love in moments like seeing them asleep next to each other in one crib.
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