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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - on the book routine in particular i'm loathe to combine them always because its currently kind of a magical time with my oldest who is usually a tornado of activity but during evening books / cuddles, he calms down and has very thoughtful conversations that wouldn't be possible with a little sib competing for attention.  I guess I can always rotate who gets individual time vs budded up when they get older.[/quote]

My kiddos are 6, 4, 1. We group the older two together for shower and books. Each kiddo gets to pick one book and then the parent chooses one. Over the summer I chose a chapter book that was a better fit for the 6 yo (one book we read was The Secret Garden). By 1-2 pages into the chapter the 4yo was sleeping, which let me spend some extra solo time with the oldest. Sometimes we would stay up extra late reading a couple chapters. Maybe give that a try? You can still read a book for each child that they pick that interests them and still get you solo time with your oldest. We read in our bedroom so we were on neutral territory and there was less arguing over whose bed/room to read in, etc[/quote]

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