Great recommendations and I can confirm all from own experience except for the Snoo, and multi-layer bed. The latter is a great idea, and I wish we had come up with that ourselves. On the velcro swaddles one can have a different opinion.
Other ideas:
When the kids are older, you can teach them to make breakfast themselves. They may even bring you some.
Consider taking long car rides at night. It will be much less boring for the kids because they sleep and maybe even one parent too. And you avoid traffic jams and maybe save one hotel stay. Only works if the changes in sleep rhythm works for you.
About cosleeping: In my experience, if one child cosleeps, even if it doesn’t wake up, or is older, I need maybe an hour more sleep. This, of course, varies with how much the child turns during sleep or how soundly you sleep—some people will not wake up even if a bomb goes off.
Consider taking long car rides at night. It will be much less boring for the kids because they sleep and maybe even one parent too.
On the other hand there’s an increased risk of accident (driver falls asleep). I generally try to avoid driving late, or caffeinate when I do (but then sleeping after is generally pretty hard because I can’t immediately go from “chemically alert enough to drive” to “sleepy enough to doze off”)
Great recommendations and I can confirm all from own experience except for the Snoo, and multi-layer bed. The latter is a great idea, and I wish we had come up with that ourselves. On the velcro swaddles one can have a different opinion.
Other ideas:
When the kids are older, you can teach them to make breakfast themselves. They may even bring you some.
Consider taking long car rides at night. It will be much less boring for the kids because they sleep and maybe even one parent too. And you avoid traffic jams and maybe save one hotel stay. Only works if the changes in sleep rhythm works for you.
About cosleeping: In my experience, if one child cosleeps, even if it doesn’t wake up, or is older, I need maybe an hour more sleep. This, of course, varies with how much the child turns during sleep or how soundly you sleep—some people will not wake up even if a bomb goes off.
On the other hand there’s an increased risk of accident (driver falls asleep). I generally try to avoid driving late, or caffeinate when I do (but then sleeping after is generally pretty hard because I can’t immediately go from “chemically alert enough to drive” to “sleepy enough to doze off”)
Yeah, don’t force it. But it seems to work well for some people.