Who needs sleep?
(well youre never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(tell me whats that for)
Who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you're getting
Theres a guy whos been awake
Since the second world war)

--Barenaked Ladies

Before we brought Shen home, the plan was that he would sleep with Kai in his room. Well, it would be "their room" now. We felt a little guilty about not having him in with us at first like we did with Kai, but because he's a bit older, would have Kai with him, and we have pretty much got Kai out of our room (at least for most of the night) it seemed the best way to go. So Tina bought a matching toddler bed for him and set it up right next to Kai's. Here's a picture that kind of gives you an idea of the setup...


This was actually pretty great for getting Kai used to the idea of "Little Brother" coming home. Tina put pictures of Shen up over the bed, and it created a concrete space for him in Kai's world. Well we've been home two nights now, and it's not working. Kai has actually had as much trouble sleeping as Shen. The jet-lag is wreaking havoc with their sleep cycles, and when one of them is up they're both up! The arrangement of the two toddler beds prevents us from cuddling them in their own beds, and requires we take them into ours. I don't mind that too much, but our bedroom is only big enough for a queen-sized bed, and there's just not enough room for all four of us to actually sleep in there. So after two rocky nights, we went and bought a new bed. We put the new mattress set in our room, and moved our old bed into the little boys' room - replacing the two toddler beds. This is much better for bedtime as we can lie in bed with them to cuddle for stories and songs, and if we need to, one of us can climb in with them to comfort them without having to cram four bodies into one bed. We'll see how it goes.

Here's a picture of the two boys in their new bed together...