Talking about sleep issues

It seems I am not the only member of the household that has trouble getting to bed at night. This is also a trait that little 2 YO Lolo possesses. And man, is she fidgety! Also, she and/or Jack get up every night at least once a night, subject to rare exceptions. Last night was no exception. I finally went up to bed at 11. Yes 11, we'll get to that in a minute. Some time after that, I heard footsteps. Jack. So I hopped up and trotted him back to his bed. He says, "Stay here for a while mommy." So I stay for what I think is "a while", probably 15 minutes or so, I can't recall honestly because I fell asleep curled up at the foot of his bed. Apparently it is not what Jack meant, for as soon as I get up to get back to my own bed he starts to cry and says "no, please don't go." I mean, seriously, PLEASE! My heart says ok just crawl back up at the foot of the bed and sleep there. My brain says this is not what the doctor ordered and the best bet is to somehow get the kids back to sleep and me back in my own bed. Now both kids are awake and crying. Now dad is up, too. Somehow dad manages to calm everyone back down and we go to bed. Some time later in the night one of the 2 kids crawls into our bed and wedges in between me and Jay. When I awake I learn it was Lolo. Jay is great with the kids. Oh, so I am getting sleep deprived. Haven't been to bed before 11 since I started the sleep experiment. Jet setted to NYC for a whirlwind wedding weekend. Which meant little sleep from Friday through Sunday nite. I am writing off those nites and restarting my sleep experiment effective tonight. It is now 10:00 pm. I plan to close the computer, get up to be by 10:15.