Moving in Together

I believe it was during summer that my little Koo Koo man discovered how to climb out of his crib. (So approximately age 2yrs 4mo) Since learning this skill, he has enjoyed waking up atleast once during the night and coming to Momma and Daddy's room to sneak in a snuggle and a few winks with Momma. Instead of letting him get in the habit of sleeping through the night with us, I would get up and take him back to his room, turn on his Einstein Lullaby CD and rock him back to sleep in the rocking chair....usually falling asleep with him for about an hour and then waking to place him in his crib and return to bed.

Two nights a week I am helping deliver babies at Riverton Hospital and felt a pit in my stomach thinking about my little man coming into our room and having Dad escort him back to his room with no "Rockabye" and I am sure the escort was accompanied by a firm, "Stay in bed and go to sleep". As my little man continued to fill my lap, I knew these late night "Rockabye" dates would not last. He was approaching 3 and I was on borrowed time....

Two weeks ago while working a night shift my little man decided that if Dad would not let him cuddle and/or if there was to be no "Rockabye", he would find a new date....his sister! And that was that....the following nights, even when I was not working, Kaizen found his way into his sister's bed between 2 and 3am and would snuggle with her until morning.

I thought this was absolutely adorable, but I did not want Kaizen to become too dependent on Celeste to sleep. Kai and I began discussing having them share a room and making Kaizen's room a playroom. On a trial basis, I had Celeste sleep at the head of her bed and Kaizen at the foot. It worked well and they were LOVING being together. After 3 nights Celeste came to me and said, "Momma, I have an idea."

"What's that Lew?"

"We should move Kaizie's bed into my room. Then he can be in my room, but in his bed."

"Super idea Lew!"

After this discussion I continued folding laundry until hearing strange noises coming from down the hall. I met Celeste in the hallway and she said, "It was tough Momma, but Kaizen did it. I got to his room and he had pushed his huge crib all the way to the door and had it wedged in the doorway. Too Cute!

A day later I did have the time to disassemble his crib in order to relocated in the now Sleeproom. The Little Peeps were so hyper and excited during this process, Kaifah had to practically hold them down in the living room.

After two weeks they are still just LOVING being together.

Santa brought new Princess bedding, fun pink/green/blue/brown striped rug and Princess wall decor for Lew and Toy Story bedding, navy blue rug and Toy Story wall decor for Koo.

I am so glad they love being together. And, of course, I recognize that this stage is also on...borrowed time....