When G was first born, DH & I made a rule: no babies in our bed. Over the years, that has changed to "no toddlers in bed" to "no little girls in bed" and now to "no children in bed."
And then came Saturday night, when we broke that rule big time.
It began when Baby C had a tough time going to sleep -- as in, he didn't want to go to sleep at all. Just as I was pulling his wide-eyed little body out of his crib and into our master bedroom, DH & I heard a "thud" in G's room followed moments later by her howling sobs. Yup, she'd fallen out of her big girl bed for the first time since she got it at Christmas. When DH went to calm her down, she told him she didn't want to sleep there anymore... so into our bed she came.
I can't say it was a silent night or a holy night, and absolutely nobody was calm or feeling very bright-eyed in the morning; but it was definitely a sacred night. Having the three most important people in my world cuddled up next to me in the same bed was absolutely heavenly. It was the moment when I felt we truly made the leap from a family of three to a family of four.
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So sweet! I feel like parenting = throwing preconceived notions out the window. ;)
LOL... J has only recently made into our bed. But you're right... Those are the best nights.
That's definitely one of those sweet moments and something to remember, but man oh man! I have never been a bed sharer. When the kids come in I might hug them for a minute and then I march them back to bed. And then I had #3 and I was a gonner. He slept in my bed with me for the first 8 months of his life and I still miss it!!
K doesn't sleep with us because it will cause bodily harm. She flops like a fish! JR
Awww how cute!! Super sweet. Alhtough if I had to guess everyone will be back in their own beds before you know it