The last twenty-four hours

I thought I should probably write since that last post was pretty bleak. The last twenty-four hours have been significantly better. Yesterday Jeff implemented "quiet time" where the boys stay in their room and can play or read quietly to themselves. They have to stay quiet and if they don't, we said Theo would be removed from the room. Our thinking was that Theo was more likely to be the troublemaker, and Beckett was the one more likely to need a nap, so we'd leave him in the room with his bed and take Theo out. Thankfully that didn't happen yesterday, as they stayed in their room and playroom upstairs quietly reading and playing by themselves for an hour and a half. Yesterday afternoon and dinner after they got up was peaceful and fun for everyone.  When we put them to bed Friday night we told them we would keep the door open but if they cried or made noise, we would close it. They started making noise about 10 minutes later, so we went up and closed the door. They cried and screamed for about 5-10 minutes until they fell asleep. They woke up I think once during the night that first night, but last night they slept great until 6:40 this morning. They've been in great moods so far today. So we're on a good streak. We never know whether what we're doing is making the difference but we're going to try the quiet time again today and see how it goes. It seems like this may fit their needs better at this point. I know I'm a lot less stressed and frustrated, so it's way better if only for that reason. We'll see how this goes!