The Minor Rebellion of SPS

Now that the twins are sleeping well, Sam is waging a small war to have mom transferred back into our room. The downside of the twins sleeping well (ok, it's still a huge upside overall) is that Emily can't sleep in their room and so needs to sleep in our bedroom (or, the "dude room" as we've been calling it). The problem with this is that we really only have a double bed. We tried a double mattress on the floor also, but that was kind of a catastrophe; our room became a single expanse of sleeping surfaces. Then, Emily bought a tatami. The tatami is not bed for a kid, but is a bit hard for an adult. It also doesn't solve the problem, since if Emily is on the ground, then Sam wants to move down and now Emily is sharing a small tatami with Sam. Alternately, Sam and I share a bed, or we all share a bed. It's a little confusing.

The other problem is that now that Emily's back in the room, Sam "waits up" for her. By "waits up," I mean that he starts rolling around the bed, gives me little pats, says "mommy coming soon?" hopefully, and does not go to sleep. This is all around 10 when Emily is feeding the babies, which can take forty or forty-five minutes. (As I write this, I'm hopeful that the feedings may accelerate, which I remember happens in time.)

So, this leaves several possibilities:

(1) sleep train Sam now

(2) mom stays with the babies

(3) get a cot that can go in another room--not ideal since I'm often up working

(4) get a bigger bed (a real possibility, if kings exist in Taiwan)

(5) buy a twin mattress or something more comfortable than a tatami

These seem to be the possibilities. Kind of a pain right now, since sleep is so central to life. No doubt someday we will for this type of a problem, instead of whatever our new problem is (tattoos, tuition, etc.). Nonetheless, for now it's a challenge.