Yeah, we're traipsing back down a road already travelled.
And you hear advice from all sides. "Oh, you're bringing the kid to bed with you? You've got to put a stop to that." And then I look in the magazines and catalogues showing all kinds of "co-sleeping" paraphernalia and I figure I can't be the only one. There can't be an entire industry revolving around the hope that I'm going to slip up again.
It might seem short-sighted, but honestly, at 3 am, I'm really not very forward-thinking. All I really know is that if he's left alone he'll probably groan and whimper and make me get up at least five or six times, over half an hour, before he finally falls asleep. In bed, he cuddles up and I can usually get him down in five minutes.
So, last night the kid is sleeping with us ( The point of the whole previous diatribe is to let you know that I'm aware that you're frowning now, but I don't care.) but he's not actually asleep yet. I hear the familiar clink of the soother falling and then the snorting as he starts to root around for it. In the dark, I feel around for it, then feel around for a face, then feel around for a mouth, then try to give back the soother.
There's a bit of resistance.
And then Carol says, "If you try to jam that thing in my face again, I'm going to punch you in the head."
She's not much of a morning person, but she's *really* not much of a 3-in-the-morning person.
And you hear advice from all sides. "Oh, you're bringing the kid to bed with you? You've got to put a stop to that." And then I look in the magazines and catalogues showing all kinds of "co-sleeping" paraphernalia and I figure I can't be the only one. There can't be an entire industry revolving around the hope that I'm going to slip up again.
It might seem short-sighted, but honestly, at 3 am, I'm really not very forward-thinking. All I really know is that if he's left alone he'll probably groan and whimper and make me get up at least five or six times, over half an hour, before he finally falls asleep. In bed, he cuddles up and I can usually get him down in five minutes.
So, last night the kid is sleeping with us ( The point of the whole previous diatribe is to let you know that I'm aware that you're frowning now, but I don't care.) but he's not actually asleep yet. I hear the familiar clink of the soother falling and then the snorting as he starts to root around for it. In the dark, I feel around for it, then feel around for a face, then feel around for a mouth, then try to give back the soother.
There's a bit of resistance.
And then Carol says, "If you try to jam that thing in my face again, I'm going to punch you in the head."
She's not much of a morning person, but she's *really* not much of a 3-in-the-morning person.
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Thank you for making me spew coffee all over my monitor this morning... too funny.
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