Sleeping

I’m one of those old school moms who doesn’t sleep with her baby.  I know co-sleeping and family beds are the thing to do these days, but I’m just not that mom.  My sister-in-law told me a while back that being able to put yourself to sleep is a life skill and that is really something that has stuck with me.  I don’t want my daughter to be afraid to sleep or have trouble falling to sleep.  So since she was little we had her in a co-sleeper and kept her swaddled up tight and she did just fine.  When she was four months we transitioned her to sleeping in her crib in her own room (she was use to taking naps in there so it wasn’t so foreign to her).  She did just great! We created a routine of washing her hands, changing her diaper, putting on pajamas, reading two stories (Baby Elmo & Goodnight Moon), saying prayers, nursing her and then putting her in her crib to go to sleep.  She took to it right away and didn’t really put up a fight so we were really lucky.  During the days I usually nurse her right before her nap to help her get sleepy and when I put her in her crib she just rolls over and falls asleep and I’m in mommy heaven.  Well the last couple weeks Layli has decided to change our flawless routine!  Now, after I nurse her, instead of being sleepy, she starts squealing with delight and flashing those delectable dimples (she got ‘em from her mama) and looking at me as if to say,”how could you possibly part with me right now, I’m so much fun!”  Aye!