2 Children + Bedtime =?
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This is something that I've been secretly stressing and I need to let it out and ask for advice. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post it. Move it if you have to. I'm worried about what will happen at bedtime when I have 2 children and Jesse's working nights. He works nights 7 nights out the month. I'll have help the other 21+ nights. I'm assuming we'll each take a kid and put them to sleep if their bedtimes are the same or he'll watch one while I put one down, then I'll put the other one down. That's not a problem, but what happens when he's working! 
At first the newborn won't be a problem to put down if he's sleeping (haha, I said HE), but what if he's crying and I have to tend to him at her bedtime, will she understand that she'll need to wait a minute? What if I need to cut the bedtime routine short, will she think I'm picking the baby over her? What about when the baby's about 6-7 months when he gets in a bedtime routine and is going to sleep at the same time each night. What happens if it is at the same time, before, or after her bedtime? Should I do their routines together - bath, pjs, book? I can't leave one just waiting in the living room while I do one routine and then go get him or her. I can't just go put Ava or the new baby in their beds without a routine. I'm clueless and losing sleep over this. Am I missing something here?
At first the newborn won't be a problem to put down if he's sleeping (haha, I said HE), but what if he's crying and I have to tend to him at her bedtime, will she understand that she'll need to wait a minute? What if I need to cut the bedtime routine short, will she think I'm picking the baby over her? What about when the baby's about 6-7 months when he gets in a bedtime routine and is going to sleep at the same time each night. What happens if it is at the same time, before, or after her bedtime? Should I do their routines together - bath, pjs, book? I can't leave one just waiting in the living room while I do one routine and then go get him or her. I can't just go put Ava or the new baby in their beds without a routine. I'm clueless and losing sleep over this. Am I missing something here?
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