After very sporadic sleep last night, this is the first time all day that the kids have been napping simultaneously (it's 5pm). I missed lunch and feel like I've had two babies screaming in my ears all day (I wonder why). Most days there is a rhythm or a pattern and so long as the kids get fed when they're hungry, get stimulated when they're playing and sleep when they're tired then all is good. But occasionally there are days like today when they're over-tired so won't sleep, over-hungry so won't eat, and over-tired and over-hungry so don't want to play.
Starting last week, we began doing the prescribed stretches on Molly's ankles every evening during the hour when she has her boots off. Because she's still really stiff, the stretches make her scream and shake (whether in pain or rage, or some combination). It makes for an emotionally draining time and although she typically falls straight to sleep after her boots are back on, I think all the screaming makes her sleep more fitful, so she hasn't been sleeping through the night as often.
Anyways, enough griping for now!
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