A while ago we experimented with sleeping Darwyn and Max together in the same room. While some nights went quite smoothly, the experiment was mostly a failure. If one kid starts crying then the other may not wake up. But when we hear crying on the monitor at night, we leap out of bed and run upstairs at top speed to soothe the crying child before he/she has a chance to awaken the other. Doing cry-it-out, or just lazily "giving her a few minutes" is out of the question. Besides, Max's room is also a play room and storage centre for essential baby gear. When one child is sleeping the stuff is inaccessible. Darwyn has long since been moved into a different room.
Unfortunately, there are no more rooms. Her bed is currently in our office, which means that we no longer have an office. As if on cue, Vibhu has told us that he will move out of our house at the beginning of December, freeing up his precious bedroom for baby Darwyn. Vibhu's decision may not be coincidental -- I think he was put off by the fact that we re-located the potty and change station into our shared bathroom. In any case, he's been a great sport about everything. Under different circumstances I'd be sad to see him go, but we really need his room!
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