Whenever it is just me and 3 kids at bedtime I usually manage to fall back on the old "divide and conquer" approach, except I rely on the next oldest person in the house to take on the other half of the divide: Preston. He may only be 5, but he is an awesome big brother. If I put Alyssa in her cradle and her cradle next to Preston while he watches TV, I can usually get a good half hour of cuddle time with Luke to get him to bed. Preston will rock Alyssa, shush her, offer her a paci (which she always rejects), or even sing to her to get her to quiet down. Tonight Luke was being stubborn about going to sleep so a few times I had to take a few minutes to nurse Alyssa and put her back into Preston's capable care. Eventually Luke did fall asleep and then there was no longer a need to divide. It gets rough ehen both Luke and Alyssa are inconsolable, but tonight was pretty smooth by 1:3 standards. I'm still exhausted, though ;-)
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