Kids say...
About a month ago Madeleine and I were laying down at night and I was waiting for her to fall asleep. We had been there for about twenty minutes and she did not seem any closer to dozing off. She sighed, then sat up and asked for the baby. Since sleeping wasn't happening anyways I let her feel my stomach and let her stay sitting up. She leaned forward and whispered "hi baby!" Then she turned back to me and very seriously said, "Mom, open up! Hold her now!" I'm glad she understands the idea of there being another person around and that she's excited for it.
Since then we bought her a twin size bed. For the most part the transition has gone lovely. She had double ear infections again though in conjunction with her two-year old molars starting to come (only 1 of 4 is all the way up). So she's been waking up at night sometime--including last night. I laid down with her for about 20 minutes but she was still awake. I told her I was going back to my bed but that I would come back and check on her. I checked twice. She was still awake, poor thing. After being alone awake for another 20 minutes she decided it was time to come sleep between Matt and I.
This is what she does: She gives me her blanket and then goes to the bottom of the bed and climbs up herself (there's a little step at the bottom) and crawls up to the head of the bed. It's funny to me how pleasant she usually is for being awake in the middle of the night. She's often quite happy and talkative. Last night she sat between us and whispered, "boo!" and then proudly said "scared you." It was followed by another boo, giggle, and happy announcement "scared you again."
Since then we bought her a twin size bed. For the most part the transition has gone lovely. She had double ear infections again though in conjunction with her two-year old molars starting to come (only 1 of 4 is all the way up). So she's been waking up at night sometime--including last night. I laid down with her for about 20 minutes but she was still awake. I told her I was going back to my bed but that I would come back and check on her. I checked twice. She was still awake, poor thing. After being alone awake for another 20 minutes she decided it was time to come sleep between Matt and I.
This is what she does: She gives me her blanket and then goes to the bottom of the bed and climbs up herself (there's a little step at the bottom) and crawls up to the head of the bed. It's funny to me how pleasant she usually is for being awake in the middle of the night. She's often quite happy and talkative. Last night she sat between us and whispered, "boo!" and then proudly said "scared you." It was followed by another boo, giggle, and happy announcement "scared you again."
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