Sleeping Woes!
I will be the first to admit that I really screwed up on this 3rd baby! Jones was very difficult to get to sleep very early on and would only sleep when being held or in bed with me. So...against everything I have ever said, he has been in bed with us every night!
It has been quite endearing and sweet and I get more sleep as I don't fully wake up when I sit up quickly to change his diaper, not mention I can sleep while he eats...bad mom! The poor kid endured so much travel as well in the beginning and had to adjust to many time zones and a jet lagged mom. It was just easier this way. And as we all know, easier doesn't always mean best. I made a pact with myself (and Curt) that after we returned from the states this last time, I would work to get him in his own bed every night. After a little cold and a time change adjustment, we began this process last week.
For the most part he starts off in his bed, but by the morning, he's back in with us. Now, to my defense, I am trying! With all this "trying" I have been doing, it's with Curt going to bed around the same time I go to bed. Well, that all changed this week. He has had to work a few grave nights and when I get to bed....it's empty! This is concerning to me. First, because I used to LOVE an empty bed for the first few nights when Curt was gone. I would spread out, rearrange all the pillows, it was a relief after sleeping with my cover-hogging, restless husband. But now...now it's lonely and sad and scary. I don't like it.
Now it's got me wondering...could Jones really not sleep as a teeny baby without being held or could I just not put him down?
It has been quite endearing and sweet and I get more sleep as I don't fully wake up when I sit up quickly to change his diaper, not mention I can sleep while he eats...bad mom! The poor kid endured so much travel as well in the beginning and had to adjust to many time zones and a jet lagged mom. It was just easier this way. And as we all know, easier doesn't always mean best. I made a pact with myself (and Curt) that after we returned from the states this last time, I would work to get him in his own bed every night. After a little cold and a time change adjustment, we began this process last week.
For the most part he starts off in his bed, but by the morning, he's back in with us. Now, to my defense, I am trying! With all this "trying" I have been doing, it's with Curt going to bed around the same time I go to bed. Well, that all changed this week. He has had to work a few grave nights and when I get to bed....it's empty! This is concerning to me. First, because I used to LOVE an empty bed for the first few nights when Curt was gone. I would spread out, rearrange all the pillows, it was a relief after sleeping with my cover-hogging, restless husband. But now...now it's lonely and sad and scary. I don't like it.
Now it's got me wondering...could Jones really not sleep as a teeny baby without being held or could I just not put him down?
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