Finally...one night down!

It's been almost 7 years since my husband and I have had our bed to ourselves. We've been married for 7 years. Desiree slept with us for her first 3 years and right now the middle of our bed is occupied by Dominic, he will be 4 in August. There have been scattered nights here and there where they just happened to not wake up and wander into our room. Never have they gone to bed in our bed, they just end up there, eventually. I also, love it. I love to cuddle with my kids. To wake up and see their peaceful little faces in the middle of the night are moments I will never forget.

However, I also love cuddling with my husband. I also want to see what I will look like and feel like once I am not waking up all the time to readjust a child who is sleeping across the tops of our pillows. So we had to do some minor redecorating to get make sure that we set ourselves up for success. My man-boy gets up super early, he has zero period (school starts at 6:55 for him). He and Dominic share a room. So we bought bunk beds and Dominic is now sleeping in Desiree's room. So, Alexander can get up and get ready with out worrying about waking anyone up. 

The first two nights were miserable, there was so much of me ready to just give in and say "forget it, it's not worth it". Typical, crying, pleading "can I pleeeeaaaasssse cozy, mom?" ugh.. rip my heart out. Then last night it worked...and I am SO relieved. I woke up this morning and thought "NO WAY!" He did it, he slept through the night. 

So another milestone down. Another transition and it feels good. Of course, this is in no way the end of sleepless nights. And I know there will always be sleepless nights, thanks to my mom who says that once your a parent, you won't ever sleep again. ha ha 

Off to take my little guy out for the day and then for some promised Fro-yo. Yes, there was a little bribery involved. 

Behavior Modification 101

 The pick ups are going well since the day I made my man-boy  walk a couple blocks.  I give him 4 minutes to get to the car. It's working.

Dominic still sleeps in our bed. I do not sleep anymore, he takes up all my space. The more my kids verbalize themselves the more space I need . I need sleep. I miss my husband.

Last night was the first night where we explained to Dominic that he is going to sleep in "his own bed". He said "yeah, I want to sleep in "your own bed" "No, YOUR own bed, son". So he woke up around 1am and stood out there in the hallway with all of his accompaniments (3 felines of some sort, two hot wheels, and his lovey) whining a little, I walked him back to his bed and tried to encourage him to lay down. After 15 mins. he wore me out.

So, I woke Richard up and said "it's your turn, go put Dominic to bed" He got up, picked up Dominic and put him in "OUR OWN BED!?!"  I was like (in my head) "Dude, WTF?" . He turned around and fell asleep. This morning he did NOT remember how he single handedly sabotaged our fail proof plan. He said "tonight, babe. I'll do it tonight. I promise."

I foresee another night of "Three's Company".