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Our set up is a bit different in that the majority of LO's toys and half of his books are in his room. When we move upstairs to his room after dinner and a little playtime in the family room we continue the fun upstairs for a little bit longer.

I immediately change his diaper and put PJs on (and now brush his teeth b/c he's a big boy!), so that's the first indication bedtime is near. While he plays I ready the room. I close the blinds and turn off the overhead light and turn on his lamp and he helps turn on his nightlight. I keep talking to a minimum.

When I am ready to begin bedtime routine, which is books, prayers, & sometimes singing, I turn off the lamp and get off the floor with LO and sit in the glider. Within minutes he's handing me a book and crawling on my lap. There's still enough light through the blinds to read the book.

Basically the room is darker and quieter than the space we left. By the time it's "loud" again LO is very close to me on the glider that even talking is quiet and calming.

We have books and some stuffed animals/loveys in the bedroom, and we have a twin bed on the floor with a bunch of pillows on it. Wind down time happens after bath/diaper/jammies, and usually involves reading in the glider or on the floor bed with dim lights and the white noise machine on. DD often walks around carrying books or loveys, and sometimes crawls around on the bed a bit, but also spends time snuggling and reading. After a maximum of four books, we say bye-bye to the books and put them away, then rock and sing and go in the crib awake, where she will roll around and jabber about who-knows-what for a few minutes before settling down. I still sit in the room with her till she falls asleep, or is at least nearly asleep, but we're gradually moving away from that.

Our playroom is in the living room. We live in a split level home so most of our living in on the main floor. The twin's nursery only has stuffed animals, some bedtime books and a small bucket of toys. The bucket is one of those sand/beach buckets. Holds some toys. If the babies are still up after we close the door, we'll go in there and let them choose 1-2 toys from the bucket.

They are still in cribs. We are considering toddler bed or twin beds soon. Don't talk me about sleep because the twins have started cosleeping with us this week. DD is starting to get very clingy and hating bedtime and her crib. Trying to figure out if this is a phase or if we need to convert her crib. I know two cribs can fit in their room but wondering if we can even fit two twin beds in there.