Nap time.

The boys are going through sleep transitions. This means I'm going through sleep transitions, which is frustrating.

In short, Harry needs more sleep than Hank. He takes more after me, so that makes sense. I need lots of sleep. For an adult, I sleep far more than is normal. I'd sleep 16 hours a day, every day, if I were able. I can't function on less than 7 hours a night, and that's pushing it. I need 9 to be in a good mood.

My handy dandy sleep book says they should be sleeping 14 hours a day right now. Twelve hours at night and then one two-hour nap during the day. My book says this should have started at about 12 months.

At 12 months, they were taking two two-hour naps a day and sleeping 12 to 14 hours at night. We were putting them to bed at 6 p.m., and they were sleeping until 7:30 a.m. when we'd let them. That worked fine for me.

At 14 months, it stopped working for them. It was obviously time to go down to one nap a day because they were waking up at 5:30 a.m. We're morning people, but that was too early for us. We needed them to sleep until at least 6 a.m. So I consulted the sleep book and decided we'd go to one nap a day and put them to bed at 7 p.m. instead of 6 p.m.

It was rough. We've just now readjusted, and I'm so frustrated with the fact that Harry seems to need more sleep. Hank wakes up first, but Harry gets sleepy first. Right now, Harry needs sleep so bad, even though Hank could make it the rest of the day without any. They had shots today, and I had to wake them up from their nap to take them to the doctor, so I figured when they got back, they'd need more sleep, but Hank is fighting it and keeping Harry awake.

I'm starting to wonder at what age I should give up keeping them on the exact same schedule. They're becoming such little individuals. On the other hand, I don't want to make it any harder for myself. Sleep is important in my house. I don't want to screw it up.

Hank needs more play.

Harry needs more sleep.