Yeah, I’ve read the book and laughed my ass off because it’s funny and true. We are lucky that Nate usually doesn’t give us too much trouble about going to bed at night. Nap time is another story but usually he’s tuckered out by bedtime so he goes without a fight. The problem we have is that he HAS to fall asleep in our bed, with me usually and he has to be touching me. Usually he just says in a sad voice, “I need mama!” and I throw my right arm his way while I try and operate my Nook or iPhone/iPod Touch with my left hand (you don’t expect me to stop reading in bed do you?). Eventually Love will wander into the room and scoop him up and take him to his own bed. At some point in the night he always finds his way back to our bed and I wake up with a small foot in my back or his head sharing my pillow. This was cute when he was small but at roughly 4 feet tall and 36 pounds it is not so cute anymore.
We have tried a variety of methods to get him out of our bed and none work. I take full responsibility for the creation of this monster (believe me I could never forget with the amount of times my mother reminds me) because I started taking him to bed with me when he was 11 weeks old and I went back to work. I desperately missed my Nate time and I was trying to relish in the few hours a day I had with him. As much as I hate having him in my bed all night long I still love the feeling of him falling asleep next to me. He is my only child and I miss him all day long and I only get 3 hours a night with him before bedtime. When he falls asleep at 8pm (on days he does not nap) it takes an hour away from me and I feel sad. Of course he is usually a maniac on those days so sometimes I am thrilled to have him fall asleep early.
Tonight we are once again trying the bribery method…this consists of Love picking up a Jake and the Neverland Pirates toddler bedding set this afternoon which I will wash and put on his bed tonight. I tried, in vain, last night to convince Nate that it was time for a twin bed and new bedding. We sat with the computer and looked and looked and he shot down every bed I showed him and only perked up when we found the Jake bedding…which is only sold at Walmart…and only comes in toddler size. He pleaded with me to get it and promised to sleep in his bed if I did. No, I’m not a dolt…he’s 3 and I know he knows how to play us. I promised him that if he does not stay in his bed tonight that it is being returned tomorrow. I am also throwing in that if he continues to sleep there every night through Saturday that I will buy him the matching wall decals. My back and I really hope this works.
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