Never Would Have Thought...
I let my kids sleep with me and I don't care what people think. I love to snuggle with them, I love spending that time with them (they say the cutest things drifting off to sleep and I'm able to make sure they settle down and sleep), and no I don't expect it to last forever. Yes when the time comes and they aren't my little boys- I'll put my foot down and have them sleep in their own beds. I am aware it might be difficult and I am willing to cross that bridge when we get there. No I don't have a specific timeline but it will be sooner rather than later but I'm not going to rush it.
Besides, there are logistics to consider. We have two comfortable beds (well they are sleepable beds but I wouldn’t say comfortable) so I sleep in one and the Captain in the other. I’m not including the bunk beds on purpose because the boys don’t like sleeping in them and I wonder if they ever will- oh well they look cute. Anyway, the Captain sleeps in a separate bed because he snores and hasn't gone to the Dr. yet to resolve the issue. That and he wakes up earlier so and doesn’t like me to pester him about getting up (and letting me sleep). Not to mention we're a lil' big to sleep in a full size bed together every night so we just don't sleep well together. That and he often stays up later playing video games or reading and I need silence/darkness to fall into my slumber. That and... well as you can see I don't do much without thinking it out. This wasn't the plan but when it fell into a routine for us after years of resisting it- I've found out that it isn't so bad and it solved more problems than created.
One day the Captain will go to the Dr and resolve the snoring concerns, he’ll go to bed earlier, and we'll have a bed we can both sleep together in comfortably. One day my boys will be more independent and while it will kill me I will encourage it. One day...
Yeah and married people don't HAVE to sleep together to have a "healthy" relationship- so that isn't really a factor/concern incase you were wonderin'.
Do I sound defensive? It is because I am. Never in a million years would I have expected this situation to work out for us like this- I use to give the Captain such a bad time for not going to sleep with me when I was tired (and he wasn't), for not waking up with me (even though our schedules were different), snuggling with me (when he wanted space), etc etc. But after years of not seeing eye to eye, having kids too smart to stay in the crib, being to tired to force them to go back to their beds (we REALLY value our sleep).... If I sound like I'm defending this setup, it is because unless you know all the details- you probably don't get it and I get that. But I don't like to be misunderstood.
posted by Krit @ Wednesday, October 19, 2005
7 Comments:
You are so silly! Who care what other people think, if it works for you and your family then fine. It's all good!
However, you little ones won't be little forever and you might want to start thinking about getting a bigger bed for you and Mike. Just a little advice, pay the extra money and get a king size bed, we have a queen and most of the time its just not big enough. Trust me!
Agree with Marie. We thought a queen would be cozy but its just too...dang, I wanted to rhyme...well a queen is too small so I can only imagine how a double would be
I think it is sweet that your boys sleep with you...enjoy it while you can! I agree with the ladies who have posted...a king size bed is that way to go when you decide to get a new one...it is amazing what a difference there is. :)
Connor sleeps with us when he's at our house too...that kid is CRAZY. He some how manages to turn all the way around with out waking himself up so I'll wake up and his feet are in my face. Curt has to pick him up and turn him back around. Last time he was here he woke up and went into our bathroom and turned on the shower and then came back to bed..he was asleep the whole time. LOL
Man I was expecting to have some people tell me we were crazy. It is great to be understood.
I do really enjoy sleeping with the boys- esp my oldest. He doesn't toss or turn- he is just so sweet and snuggly. BUT lil' one- well he has a hard time getting himself to go to sleep and that’s a bit of a problem. Actually the biggest problem is the sweet rubbing of the arm, the face, the ear, the arm- okay okay. Go to sleep. Rollover, put your feet on Mom and then push... Once he sleeps he's fine but when he's restless (and thank goodness he isn't all that often)- that's a difficulty. Sometimes I even send him to go sleep with Dad. He’ll usually respond- I’ll be good. It always cracks me up. Poor Captain.
Still there’s more good than bad though- last night my lil' guy got sick and I was glad to be there to comfort him (but boy and I tired now AND boy does it show).
I dream of a King size bed one day- but when we get the mattress I want the whole suit and what I’m thinking about is big $$$ (I want a cool lookin’ set like JTs). Don’t see big $$$ in the near future so I suppose we’ll wait till we HAVE to move forward and bite the bullet.
Pixie: he went and turned on the shower- that is so funny to me. SMFB has some funny sleeptime stories too.
If you want a bed room set, it will cost some serious cash. I think you might have to pick out what you want and they charge it and make monthly payments. Just keep in mind before you do that, that sheets and all that cost more for a king, but I still think it will all be worth it.
Think of it this way, if you get what you really want then you will have it for years and years, the bed set not the sheets. :)
Cap- I bet you don't even snore, it is probably a ploy to get more space :)
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