About once every three or four months Paige gets a wild hair up her ass has an off night. Such was the case last night, er, early this morning. I heard her talking about 3:15. Talking like it was 8:00 in the morning. I knew it was not good. She played, talked to herself and finally started fussing about 3:45. So, I shuffle myself in her bedroom, hoping that she’d want to go back to sleep. Not the case.
The little lady was up and ready to rock ‘n roll. Playtime with the sheep…was over. 
We rocked and rocked and rocked some more…it really felt like forever. My numb toes made the executive decision to bring her into my bedroom (where I already had a snoring dog and husband). I’m going to share with you something I’ve known for years. I am not cut out for co-sleeping. I don’t like it, I don’t enjoy it and quite frankly, I despise it. Don’t get me wrong, we tried with Johnny. I really do know what it’s like. I also know that co-sleeping caused me to sleep on the couch for close to a year.
Why is it so difficult? Why can’t I be like them? The Co-Sleepers who love it. My theories….
- I need a cold, dark, quiet room
- Personal space
- Wiggling
Probably the biggest reason, is that I’ve heard/read horror stories of kids dying…and that scares the bejeezus out of me. Therefore, I just stay awake and get no sleep.
Mama + No Sleep = Grouch (actually it equals something that starts with a B and ends with an itch.)
Since I’ve been up since 3:00AM, today is shaping up to be a fantastic (no, not really) day. New Year’s Eve and all…oh, did I mention that I have to work until 9:00PM. Yeah. Happy New Year’s to me.
Thankfully, as I first stated, this only happens once every 3 to 4 months. A night of three and a half hours of sleep does a person good every once in a while, right?
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I loved co-sleeping with my 1st born, but the second two who were boys and didn’t sleep no matter what you do, nope hated it and I too was concerned with them dying … as my first born only slept with me, I was a single mom but the two boys well they shared a bed with my hubs and I. Didn’t like it one bit. Well I still have a 16 month old who, without help of hubs, I am trying to break of the co-sleeping mid night waking habit, happens every night so I am jealous that yours is ever few months! So right now I get lack of sleep while I fight with a 16 month old so he will sleep thru the night in his own crib!
I am sorry you are grumpy and on New Year’s Eve to boot, but I so can relate to what no sleep equals, been there all this week! ((HUGS))
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JoHanna’s not even here yet and I can’t sleep. Lol Hubby is hard enough to sleep next to at night I couldn’t imagine her sleeping with us. Before we lived togeather it used to be me and him and his 110lb dog in a queen size bed. I have no idea how I dealt with that and worked.
I agree with you – our kids are in cahoots! Why do they pick on us?
I had already planned on going to bed early tonight. Now I will HAVE to! To hell with New Years Eve – I am too old to care anyway.
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My little girl is 22 months and she’s been doing the same thing lately. I think it’s because she’s had an ear infection. When she’s slept in bed with me/us, I don’t move the whole time for fear of waking her. That’s not restful for me at all. I’m not cut out for it either.
Ugh I hear ya woman! Parker still sleeps in our bed a lot and I have to make Leland sleep in the middle because I just can’t stand the wiggling and the arms and feet thrown across my body. Hope you get some rest tonight and have a very Happy New Year!
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Wow, you sound just like me! I’ve had one of those nights recently when my son woke up talking like that. It was a loooooong day. Plus I never could co-sleep with him beyond the first month for the same reasons. I was miserable and didn’t get any sleep.
I have to say I love co-sleeping… until the kiddo gets to be about 18 months. Then it’s wiggle worm city and it’s just impossible. My 3 year old son recently went through a phase where he would climb into our bed every night at like 3 in the morning. Clearly I wasn’t going to get out of bed to argue with him. My husband took the brunt of the hassle – getting kicked in the head all night. LOL
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I am one of the ones who love it too. My Julien, who is 6 still co- sleeps about 50% of the time.
I once asked him where his favorite place in the whole world was, and he said in bed with Mommy and Daddy. Granted he wasn’t feeling well at the time and being in bed with Mom & Dad probably did sound like the best place in the world, but it just completely melted my heart when he said that. I can image for a little one cuddled up between the two peole who love you most in the world would be a little piece of heaven.
And the kids dying thing, my two boys co-slept from the day I brought them home and I was always super aware of any sound they made or any little movement – I think sleeping with them made me more in tune with them. I never once worried about that.
But my niece Haylie – OMG when she stays the night, she always ends up crawling in bed with us in the wee of the morning – and she squirms and puts her legs all over and that’s when I want to chop my head off and I end up like a B with an itch.
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i loved co-sleeping with both of my kids, my 3 years old daughter still spends about half of each night in our bed. My son was a wiggler, and once he hit his toddlers i really started pushing the toddler bed. My daughter however sleeps like a log, and i quite enjoy sleeping with her. Co-sleeping is not for everybody, good for you for at least trying it!
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