Sleep Parenting
It started sometime around Christmas, I’m not sure exactly.
The Wictor started waking up in the night again. Probably a stage.
At first, I would take him back to bed. And then, one night as he crawled in with me, I was too tired to do anything about it. Doing nothing became easy. I would wake up briefly to him getting under the covers and cuddling up, and that was that.
As it became a habit, I started not even noticing any more. I started sleeping through.
Most mornings now I wake up to find him stretched out, snoring, beside me.
And I have no recollection of how he got there.
But that is not the problem. The problem is this:
This morning I woke up to find there were four of us in the bed.
When Baby Sister woke up, I asked her:
“Baby Sister, how did you end up in my bed last night? ”
Her eyes gleamed. She was still in awe at her lucky break. And she replied:
“Mommy, I woke up in the middle of the night and came down to give you a kiss. Then you leaned over and pulled me in!”.
January 21st, 2010 at 7:44 am
So sweet! I can never sleep with kids in the bed. They always get evicted after half an hour.
January 21st, 2010 at 1:54 pm
“One night she came to my bedside
Where I lay fast aslep.
She laid her head upon her arms
And bitterly did weep.
She wept, she cried,
She damn near died,
Poor me, what could I do?
So I whipped her into bed
And covered up her head
Just to shield her from the foggy, foggy dew.”
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:49 am
oh boy am I happy those days are mostly over. Every once in a while she will tell me that she is having a nightmare and there is no way I would turn her down and she knows it
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:39 am
That is priceless! I love it!
January 23rd, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Woops! Blythe was climbing into bed with us for awhile there. Now she’s (thankfully) been sleeping through the night. Knock on wood!
Enjoy those extra snuggles!
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:37 pm