Night mover

Ever since Baby T first got his toddler bed he’s been back and forth between our bed and his. At first he liked sleeping in his own bed. We put it right next to our bed and he would proudly jump under the covers and get comfortable. That lasted a few months until he would fall asleep in his bed and come into ours during the night. We have never minded that he sleeps with us. I would rather he did during the winter months anyway. I don’t have to worry that he has no covers on and could be getting cold.

Eventually he stopped using his bed and spent every night between his father and I. Bedtime is not a fight if we are all lying there. A routine had started to set in again. I grew tired of his bed taking up space in our room when he just slept with us anyway. So I put it in one of his toy rooms and set it up more like a bedroom. When Baby T saw that he was all for sleeping in his own room. That quickly became the new big thing. He has his own room, his own bed, his own door to slam, his own bookshelf. So again a routine started to set in, and predictably that is when things change. He would go to bed in his own room and we would wake up with him between us again in the middle of the night. We welcomed him back to sleeping with mommy and daddy. It makes things easier for us; he’s right there if he needs us. I believe we all actually sleep better when we’re all together. It’s always been that and having him asleep in a room so far away doesn’t feel right.

For the last few months he’s been going back and forth between his room and ours. We keep a few extra lights on at night so our little night mover can find where he’s going. The only problem now is he’s much bigger than he was as a baby and well our bed just seems to keep shrinking. I always feel like I’m going to fall off. So last night when Baby T woke up and wanted to sleep in our room. I went onto the couch and slept soundly without an elbow or toe poking me awake.

I had become the night mover.

This morning Baby T came and crawled under the covers with me and we watched cartoons for a little while before I got him ready for school. Maybe tonight I’ll bring his bed into our room to see if he feels like sleeping in it. If not, I doubt I’ll mind in the middle of the night if I roll onto it.