Entry FeedI often recommend this game of, "Musical Beds" to parents who are having trouble sleeping. It doesn't matter who sleeps where, as long as you get some sleep. Once there are more than two in a bed, the biggest one gets up and leaves to find an empty bed somewhere.
We are a family of five with four beds. Pure mathematics demonstrates that once there are three in any bed, there is at least one empty bed somewhere.
We are a family who loves to sleep. We were all sleeping nicely in our beds until last spring. While visiting Florida, Daughter started sharing a bed. She now believes it to be her God-given right not to have to sleep alone. We have been playing a version of musical beds ever since.
More often then not, it is me whom Daughter wants to sleep with. Husband slept months getting kicked out of our bed (literally, she kicks with her cute little stinky feet until he would leave - he is the biggest one in the bed, after all).
Husband, unimpressed by having to leave the comfort and warms of this nightly cocoon at 4 am, started letting Daughter fall asleep and stay in our bed all night, while he found an empty bed elsewhere. Yes, she is the baby and a little spoiled.
However, I have missed Husband, and I have been working on getting Daughter to stay in her own bed all night. She insists on falling asleep in a certain position, resting on my arm, Yes, spoiled. I have a few options:
- Stay with her in her bed until she falls asleep, then leave.
- Fall asleep with her in her bed.
- Let her fall asleep in our bed, then move her back to her bed.
- Let her sleep with me in our bed.
In a way, sleeping with her is like sleeping with a live, warm, cuddly teddy bear. She smells a little nicer than Daddy, and is so soft! She also doesn't move around too much, and really doesn't take up much space.
On the other hand, she does snore. And sometimes I wake up with stinky little girl feet in my face. Daughter talks in her sleep, steels the covers, and kicks. She also has the worse morning breath in the house (actually, I sort of think it is cute!) Husband calls it her dragon breath.
I've been married for 9 years, and never once have I woken up with Husband's feet in my face. He doesn't snore, and he can be a big, warm and cuddly teddy bear, too. As far as musical beds goes, I choose him to be my partner.