One woman's journey through life as a mom.
For the longest time, I’ve been wishing my son would sleep in his own bed. Last night it came true. My 26 month old (to the day, strangely enough) actually slept in his own bed for the entire night. At 7:37 a.m, he peeked his little head in my door and then started to back away. I had to actually lift my head up and say hello to him so he’d come in. He had a huge smile on his face and told me that he slept in his own bed. Awwwwwwww! Meanwhile, in my head, I’m like I know honey and I missed the heck out of your warm little body all snuggled up to mine. But, instead, I said “I know….and I am SOOOO proud of you!!!” and gave him lots of hugs and kisses.
Little does anyone know that what I really meant when I wished for that, was for him to fall asleep in his own bed without me having to lay down with him. I don’t mind so much that he gets up and comes in our bed in the middle of the night. In fact, I quite like it. However, I know it’s best that he sleeps through the night and in his own space. It’s better for both of us. Hopefully this was not a freak event and hopefully I will get used to it soon. I was up like 4 times last night wondering if he was ok and/or when he was going to come in. Yes, I even checked on him once and of course was relieved to see him all cozied up and breathing. Oy!!
So now I guess we will work on getting him to fall asleep on his own. I think it’s about time.
He’s been in his “big boy bed” for a long time now and rarely slept in a crib, but for those of you that transitioned your kids from cribs to beds, how did you get them to fall asleep in the new bed and stay there?
