Oops... she did it again. That AB (Annie Bananas) has been causing trouble again. But I think it's more our fault than hers. Way before Annie was even born, we were warned: Don't let your child sleep in the same bed. Once it starts, it will never end. And then my sister remarked: you don't want to be one of those weird people who share a bed forever (no offense if any of our 3 readers fall into this category).
Well, it wasn't that dire of a warning, but we were warned, and now we're stuck. During the weekend naptimes Annie usually falls asleep on one of us, then gets transferred to either the couch or our bed. Not the crib... because the minute her head hits the mattress she wakes right up. At night, Annie has been going to sleep relatively fine, but waking up sometime early in the morning, say between 3-5am. At which point, we're exhausted and just want to sleep, so in comes Annie. And for someone who's not even two feet long, she can sure spread out.
So... this weekend we are determined to break the cycle and nip this thing in the butt before Karen and I find ourselves with multiple kids all sharing the same room in some co-dependent viscous cycle. Picture it, at that point I will have probably gained 40 pounds (from all the sleeping), let my hair grow out, and subscribe to some sort of new age BS about how this is actually good for kids, drive a rundown Volvo wagon circa 1990 and make my own deordorant.
(Again, if you drive a rundown Volvo or make your own deordorant, that's ok, I'm not judging. Just trying to avoid that same fate!)
We'll keep you posted, keep your fingers crossesd... and to my downstairs neighbors, sorry...
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