Slacker Mom, Part 1: Sleep

[jenn_unplugged]

I've been mulling over a series of posts on my parenting philosophy, and now that my summer school class is over, I think I'll start. This is partly for record-keeping and partly for discussion. I want to remember what I was thinking at this point in my parenting experience when I look back

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[ahurani]

Yeah, we only have a queen-sized bed and didn't side-car his crib...so once he started getting bigger, we ran out of room pretty quickly. And at this point, if we're in the same room as him when he's trying to go to sleep, he just fusses and fusses, but won't even settle if I bring him into our bed. So we now have to make sure we get hotel rooms with a separate bedroom when we travel. :)

Shortly after I went back to school, I was going crazy with the sleep situation, which is when we finally started trying to make things at least a little consistent. I think my parents were just laughing because I never slept well when I was younger. But now more often than not, Liam "reads" to himself (he's used a book as a lovey for over a year now...also adorable) in his crib after nursing and eventually goes to sleep on his own. It's really cute when he says "night-night" right before hand, even though he's alone.

It's hard, though, not to feel just a little bitter when I have friends talking about their 8 week old sleeping 6 hours a night or more on a regular basis. BUT, Liam is a very content and secure toddler at this point and I really like to think our parenting allowed him to become that way. At least it makes the chronic sleep deprivation from his first year worthwhile. :)