When did you start giving your littles a pillow? I think I waited until my oldest was in a toddler bed but had stuffies. Read that it's allowed at 18-24m but curious what everyone else is doing! He's still in a sleep sack, too. I feel like a pillow will help with his congestion (he's got a mild cold).
My 19m old is getting a new nap routine- I used to hold him to sleep then transfer. Even if he opened his eyes he'd transfer smoothly. The last month or so he stopped going back to sleep in his crib and the afternoons were such a mess. I started a new routine- put him in his crib after stories and lights out and lay next to him on the floor until he falls asleep. The thing is the last few days it's taken half an hour to fall asleep! He talks to his buddies, me, wiggles around, throws a party then crashes. Goes from 60 to 0 😆. No fussing or crying, just chatty. I'm thinking this is just because it's all new to him and he's settling himself? It feels like a wind down/nervous energy settling but I'm hoping the time it takes to go to sleep will get less and less. I feel so bad that I'm basically ignoring my other kid. He used to fall asleep within a few minutes when I'd hold him.
How do you handle breakfast if kids wake up several hours apart?
My 19m old is practically refusing naps- fifteen minutes if I'm lucky. He'll fall asleep if we're out and about and he'll nod off during stories before nap. BUT he's very unsettled - will start screaming during transfer (even if awake) or will wake up and start to scream whereas he used to put himself back to sleep. Before all this nonsense he'd go to sleep around 9p with his sister and wake up for the day around 7/7:30. (He'd wake up once or twice overnight, if he woke up after 5 I'd put him into bed with me. If I put him into bed with me I have to wake him up at 7 and he's MISERABLE for awhile.) Now, with the short or no naps, he falls asleep at 8:30p during stories. He still wakes up once or twice, but I'm thinking of truly getting him up if he wakes between 5-6:30 instead of bringing him into bed with me in hopes he'll take a nap again. He's miserable in the afternoon without a nap. The problem is that my 5 year old doesn't wake until 8/8:30. I can't imagine setting up two different breakfasts so I'm curious how people handle different wake times? Earlier bedtime isn't an option for either due to late afternoon/early evening activities.