I can just hear them conspiring before bedtime while I'm getting toothbrushes, pajamas and bottles together:
Jack, "okay, so after I'm asleep for a while, maybe just before midnight, I'll make just enough noise to make mommy sit up in bed for a while."
Emma, "Great, then I'll get up at like 2 am with a fake problem or to announce that I'm going pee in my potty, I'll save a bloody nose for tomorrow night, my pillowcases were just washed."
Jack, "So, I'll do midnight, you do 2, I'll start rolling over making noises around 5 or so. Maybe mom will panic and think I'm getting up for the day. After I quiet down, she'll wonder if I'm covered and try to cover me. When you hear her stop rolling around after she climbs back into bed that'll be your cue to pee again or if you wanted to do a bloody nose tonight that would be the time."
Emma, "okay, so we have the nighttime covered. Do you want to sleep in tomorrow or should I? I can't remember which one of us stayed in bed today, we should just do every other day to keep it simple right? Well, I actually want to be grouchy tomorrow so I'll get up early tomorrow and you can get up early the next day. Next week you should try to get another tooth."
This is what must happen!!
Otherwise I would sometimes get a night of peace.
