Bed

I've blogged before about co-sleeping. Now, I am blogging about not co-sleeping. Well, not really. With the ever-impending arrival of #2, the ever-growing furnace of a two-year-old and the ever-growing belly as well as Justin's return to work, we've been thinking that our bed just isn't big enough for all of us and that it'd be great to have Hunter in his own bed. He's had his own bed all along, he just didn't sleep in it. ever. (well, that's not totally true). Anyhow, Hunter has had his big boy bed set up in his room for over a year (because the crib didn't do it for him) and we flipped it when he was a little over 18 months because the kid is a climber and we weren't concerned with the height thing (bad parents? maybe). Besides he didn't actually sleep there, he just played underneath.

About a week ago, Justin got two heels in the face and we decided that we were going to have to make some changes in our sleeping arrangements. It only took two nights for Hunter to fully understand that bedtime was no longer going to be in "Mommy bed" but in his own. Two nights of a little bit of a fuss, so I stroked his head and sang him to sleep (huge bummer, right?). The only complaint is that I had nowhere to rest my massive belly when I was standing beside his bed but I think that made it easier, because otherwise I would have wanted to crawl into bed with him, I was so tired. Now, the little boy knows that he can read books and play with us on our bed before sleeping, but that he reads the Bible and gets songs in his bed, then Mom and Dad leave and he stays in his bed until he falls asleep. Most nights he sleeps right through, but there are some nights when he wakes up at about 5am and comes to join us in our bed. I'm so okay with that. I really miss having my snuggles every night as I fall asleep. I really miss him little hands giving me a " 'sage?" if I say that my back hurts. I really miss his little hands on my face asking "s'uggle Mommy?"and then his grin as he turns his back and tucks himself into my chest to that I can wrap my arms around his little (soo hot) body. I miss it and I think that I always will. However, I know that it was the right time for him because it was an easy transition for him to make and even though I am not getting any better sleep, there are other reasons for that. I still get my snuggles at nap time, which I am NOT giving up yet because I'm needy for my nap and will be even moreso, I can imagine, in week or so.

I'll leave you with some cute pictures of our climber enjoying his bed.