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Such a headache, I have to do this 3 nights a week. Usually she wanders around pretending to be quiet...with varying results. Sometimes she sits beside us in bed and reads her own book while I nurse and read (adorable). And sometimes she runs around getting into trouble, calling for me and mysteriously forgetting how to use the potty on her own, which drives me insane.

You have made me realize how spoiled I am. We just finish M.s bottle and then plop her down in the crib... no putting to sleep. Sometimes big sis will come in and plant a big kiss on her... but then we turn on the white noise and walk out.

That's all it takes. Now if I have to put Lala down while M. is awake, that's a whole different story and nearly impossible to do. Luckily that doesn't happen too often.

I don't give him anything. He just wanders around, plays with his sister's things, turns the lights on and off. It takes 10 minutes max after bath time to read my daughter stories and be placed into bed. Luckily, I only have to do this alone for a few days once a quarter.

During naptime it takes DS a maximum of 10 minutes to fall asleep, so DD entertains herself by reading, coloring, or playing dress up in her room.

At nighttime, I usually let her watch an episode of a kid's show on DH's nook. Her max screen time allowance per day is 30 minutes (and she rarely gets that much), so on the days I have to put both kids down, she has to save her shows until bedtime. Sometimes, if DS is particularly tired, she is fine entertaining herself in her bedroom with books/coloring/etc..., but most of the time, he takes a good 20-30 minutes to fall asleep, so DD gets to watch a show.

We're working on getting DS to fall asleep on his own again, so hopefully soon I won't have to rely on tv on the nights have both kids by myself.

I'm gonna have to do this 2-4 nights ALonE starting end of January. Not looking forward to it.
If anything baby boy will have to chill in the swing while I put m down

Like Mrs. Jacks, we just plop the baby down. But that aside, we have started to get audio book + book combos out of the library for our older gal, and they have been a lifesaver! They aren't that long, so if you are looking for 30 minus plus, you won't get it, but they have been great for shorter bits of time for us!