A bedtime experiment

Our plan for a really long time has been to renovate Clara's room and to have Natalie and Clara share it.

We started it before Christmas.  I predicted it wouldn't be finished until March.  It's April, it's not finished.  Life happened.  Priorities got shifted.  Other parts of the house were worked on instead.

Clara has been having a harder time falling asleep at naps and night.  She's always been rather good, put her down and she'd go to bed.  Lately, she's been obviously up still, and at times, upset.

So today, on a whim, we moved Natalie in.  The room will get finished, but now, they can have each other to interact with after lights out.  Maybe it will help, maybe it won't.

Clara wanted to sleep in Natalie's bed with her.  Because, obviously, that's why we moved them in together.

Clara was still upset at bedtime.  But after we put her to bed, we'd hear occasional crying and then giggling, then crying, then Natalie telling Clara to stop crying, then more giggles.  We went up and spied occasionally, Natalie was in and out of bed, they were trading toys, playing games, etc.  the crying would start when Natalie stopped playing.  They were up a really long time, but both went to sleep.  It will be interesting to see how things turn out.

Our room seems ridiculously huge and empty now.  Originally, Paige was going to move into the area where Natalie slept.  Now there is just a big empty space.