Posted on 03/18/2017 6:45:00 PM PDT by lowbridge
The proud parents of twin boys in New York found out why their toddlers seemed like they hadn't been sleeping through the night. Because the toddlers definitely were not sleeping.
Video recorded by Jonathan and Susana Balkin on their Nest home monitoring system shows 2-year-old twins, Andrew and Ryan having a gymnastics roll-around instead of getting much-needed sleep.
The boys easily climbed in and out of their cribs, which are side-by-side in their shared bedroom. They proceeded to line pillows along the floor and do summersaults, and then took rests on the couch together, before going back to their floor exercises.
Dad enters the room and puts the boys back in their cribs, then places the mountain of pillows and covers back in their rightful places around the room. But the calm was only temporary. As soon as dad left, they were back at it.
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....and little boys love to get every cushion and pillow they can get their hands on stacked on the floor.
LOL! I think the “real close and partners in crime” bit is magnifying things. But I’m not sure separating would let anybody sleep - Twin One would just climb out of bed and go looking for Twin Two ;-)
I have an acquaintance with a similar problem - his grandson figured out how to climb over - or under! - the ‘baby fence’ at less than 12 months - he could somehow collapse and wiggle himself under the small space at the bottom.
I sleepwalked as a kid. They said I would get out of bed, walk to the front door, and try to go outside; they would just lead me back to bed. It didn’t last long.
Unless you’ve spent time around twins...you have no clue as to the mind power between them...and the unspoken unity they share. It’s truly amazing, and exhausting, not to mention a barrel of laughs! The team work is amazing. I swear, sports coaches should spend more time with twins.
Yes. It's best to stack them so they create a space to crawl inside. Then it isn't just a bunch of cushions, it's a FORT.
Funny thing is they eventually hopped back in their bed and went to sleep.
I was a handful both young and older (until about 14.)
I would get out of my crib and they tried a net over the top, and I think some sort of belt thing around my waist (so I’m told). I would eat the sandwiches my mom had made for lunch for my older siblings. Once left early in the morning so I wouldn’t have to go to church, etc. (I’m not sure either of the devices worked.)
At our Rehearsal Dinner my mom mentioned a couple of other stories and explained that’s why she has so much white hair. “And to you my son - I hope that you have twice as much trouble as you gave me!” (Sort of joking - she loved me and was very proud of me once I got older).
Many years later we had twins that were a handful. “Gee - thanks Mom!” Of course looking back we wouldn’t trade it for anything.
“I would get out of my crib and they tried a net over the top, and I think some sort of belt thing around my waist (so I’m told).”
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Good lord,for a moment I thought you were one of my sons.
(Also a terrific adult):-)
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Yes, after driving Mommy and Daddy nuts ;-)
Maybe the solution would be for one parent to sleep in the room with them for awhile. If they’re able to understand ‘parental displeasure’ at that age, it might deter them from nightime antics long enough to get them out of the habit.
(I think I’d carpet the room in memory-foam, too - and keep good insurance. There are bikes and skateboards and all kinds of things in these daredevils’ futures ;-)
:). God does have a sense of humor!
I was sure my daughter wouldn’t make it to age five, but she’s eleven now and a different kind of difficult. Still, her smile lights up a room and her enthusiasm for life is boundless.
:-) Yep!!
My Navy pilot brother gave her a nickname: NAFOD. This term was used to explain a pilot error with no other explanation: No Apparent Fear Of Death :)
“I sleepwalked as a kid. “
I did that until I was about 10 years old when I fell down a steep staircase at a vacation home we were staying at.
Jeez. I guess you benefited from negative reinforcement!
I don’t think I ever left the house; just wandered like a zombie.
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