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Lluvia. (Rain in Spanish<\/em>). Or if you’re Little Boy: yuya. It’s new; it’s fascinating; it’s slightly scary, but kind of fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until the day we heard- boom! Little Boy had barely seen rain twice in recent memory (last rainy season<\/a> he wasn’t even a year old) and he was already being introduced to thunder and lightning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this, of all days, was the day that I needed to put both kids to bed on my own. Fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Typical Bedtime Routine with Two Under Two<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Normally, M and I do the bedtime routine together. M bathes Baby Brother while Little Boy and I clean up dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I go nurse and put Baby Brother to bed, while M bathes Little Boy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then post pajamas and tooth-brushing I go put Little Boy to bed with a story and sometimes nursing<\/a>. All this means that I could technically do it all myself except for that overlapping 45 minutes when I need to put Baby Brother to bed in a dark and quiet room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning to put both kids to bed solo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first time I had to do solo-bedtime I was rescued by a friend that came to play with Little Boy for a little while but this time I was not so lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After mulling it over- I came up with a plan: We brought the video monitor to the living room, and I would leave Little Boy on the couch watching a movie while putting Baby Brother to bed. All in all it mostly turned out as planned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bedtime for Two under Two<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Little Boy helped me to bathe Baby Brother. Then we went downstairs and TV ended up being a pretty good babysitter as Little Boy was excited for screen time for so long and so late in the day. I put it on pretty loudly to dull out the scary thunder sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the video ended and I was still a few minutes shy of swaddling Baby Brother, I got on the intercom and told Little Boy to hold tight. Needless to say that was some of the fastest swaddling I have ever done (and he might have been slightly freaked out).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I started bath time with Little Boy, teeth, nursing, stories, potty and bed. It took me about 50% longer than usual, so Little Boy went to bed a half hour late, but all things considered it wasn’t too bad (on his end).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I, on the other hand, was exhausted (but also feeling somewhat super-mom-ish), and the only real bummer was starting cleaning chores after 10 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

More Post about Having Two under Two Years:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n