This post was supposed to be about how we successfully sleep trained our three boys… in the same room.

But as you can probably tell, this isn’t that story.

As a mom of three—with baby number four on the way—I felt this urgency to get everything in order before stepping into a new season. Sleep train the boys. Create independence. Build a routine that would make life feel just a little more manageable once the baby arrived.

Because in theory, that makes sense, right?

But here’s what I’m learning in this season of motherhood… what works on paper doesn’t always work in your home.