Something has to give...

I want to sleep like a baby...

Yeah right. Babies don't sleep. They take short cat naps. Take Miles for example. He runs around (by run, I mean fast crawl) playing and wears himself out. I put him in bed for a nap and he just screams. So I cave and pull him back out. As I'm coming back from the kitchen with juice for him, he's passed out on the floor.

I left him there.

And then took a picture. I'm just that mean.

Something has to give. These babies just don't know how to sleep. Some how, I will have to pull together the strength to do a routine. A sleepy time schedule.

Currently Josephine and the twins share a room.

A very tiny room. How I managed to cram 2 cribs and a toddler bed in there with a full size dresser and a smaller one, I'll never know.

I've got to figure something out soon. Them sharing a room isn't going to work much longer. Fall 2011 Josephine will began kindergarten. Which means she will be required to go to bed at a decent hour. Right now, it's just whenever and where ever she passes out.

It's nearly impossible to get her sleeping in her bed. For one, it's a toddler bed and she's too big for it. But there's no space for a bigger bed. I can't even move her in with her sisters, they don't have anymore space either! And then there's Miles and Emmit. Emmit is fine, he doesn't make much fuss. He knows when he's tired and gladly goes to sleep. And sleeps through all the noise. Miles on the other hand just screams. Which keeps Josie awake. And there's no point sending Josie to bed before the boys. Miles will wake her up with his screaming later.

This summer. That is when I'll work it out. Hopefully I can manage before then. If I can come across a bunk bed with a twin on top and full on bottom. That's affordable. I can let Nicole sleep on top while Josephine and Victoria share the full on bottom.

And once Brandyn moves out (he just turned 18, but still has one semester of high school left), we can move Nicole into his room. But who knows when that will be. There's been talk of leaving home after school. But no effort has been made. He's not seeking a job. And doesn't have a driver's license (thought I can't say much on that, I'm 25 and have NEVER had one lol).

I'm open to any tips from those with more experience. I've got to get this figured. Routines have got to be made. And I need a simple one. I have 6 kids to go through everyday. And forget the whole "give them a bath and put them in bed at the same time each night" crap routine. Again, 6 kids...2 adults. There is not a bath/shower for us all every night. We generally have to alternate. And story time doesn't work either. The twins are too distracted for this. I won't do lotion. Miles will barely be still for a diaper change. Can you imagine getting him to be still for a body rub??