We are a co-sleeping family. There I said it! I used to be ashamed of admitting that, even fibbing to my kids pediatrician. But I strongly believe in co-sleeping, but my soapbox on co-sleeping can be saved for another day. 😜
I love to cuddle with my children, especially when they are in the sweet infant phase (and they can’t wriggle free). I loved and currently love, with my 6 month old, being able to nurse in bed and watching him drift off to sleep. It’s simply the best! But they must all leave the bed at some point, right?
My oldest was the hardest at nearly 3. Pregnant with my second child, there simply wasn’t anymore room. Yet, it was a challenge. There were tears, from everyone, daddy sleeping in his bed with him, heck we even put his mattress in the doorway and slowly moved it closer to his room directly across the hall. Hot mess I tell ya! Easier with the second and third because they all transitioned into the room across the hall. Here we are in a 4 bedroom house, but only using 2 rooms!
So the decision was made – the boys will be moved to separate rooms. It was getting harder at night with the boys chatting to each other, laughing and playing when they were suppose to be sleeping. It took a weekend, but they are settled in. And guess what? They did fine, even the 3 year old! No tears (except me), no night lights, no giggling just goodnight prayers, a story and they all are asleep with ease.
I, on the other hand, stayed up the first few nights. Worried about nightmares, walks down the hall that ended up with a fall down the stairs (the 7 year old sleep walks and it’s creepy), cries that I wouldn’t hear and so much more. Yet, besides the almost heart-attack when the 7 year old pulled a Paranormal Activity move and sleep walked to the end of my bed in the middle of the night, it’s been all good!
Big time stuff happening over here. Growing up stuff…for everyone. Transitioning stuff. Heart wrenching stuff. My family is moving into 2014 with “big boys in big boy beds” and I have to be ready, but I’m not completely ready. Luckily I still have the baby and I can cherish those sweet co-sleeping moments even longer
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