So, we have all done it as parents...made that mental list PRIOR to being parents, of things we would NEVER do when we have kids. I'm guilty. I made that list. I can name a few things on it. Some I have stuck to, and other's, well....not so much. First, in my defense, I think you can chalk it up to idiocracy. I mean really, how can you possibly make a "to do" or "not to do" list, on a topic you have no experience in. You are seriously setting yourself up for failure. Secondly, why in the world do I make so many lists???? I mean God himself could not complete some of my crazy lists....again, setting myself up for failure....
Case in point...on our list of NEVER to do things, was letting our kids sleep in our bed. By golly, that bed is for us, and we need our quiet time as a couple. Ha ha, and HA!
Background information first, before you make judgement. Okay, we were really good at this rule with Nick when he was smaller. Nick slept in his crib until he was 2.5 years old. He simply was outgrowing it by that point. So, we moved him straight to a double bed. Why waste time with these transitional beds!!!! So, in the middle of the night, if he got up, we would march him back to his bed, and sometimes even lay with him in his bed, until he fell asleep. This is going great. We are pretty good at this parent thing. And we are sticking to our rules!!!
AND then Lucas came along...Now, it's not fair to blame this poor baby. It surely isn't that sweet little smiley boy's fault?? However, he did throw our whole world into a tailspin again!! Well to say the least, Lucas is not a good sleeper. It's okay, I've accepted that (more on this topic in a future post to be called "Learning to accept the cards we are dealt.") So having said that, working BUSY mother, sleeps wherever and whenever she can! So, that causes child number one, who also wants Mommy to come lay with him, new sleeping issues.
So, what is the scenario? Well, (I say as I giggle), that rule is gone now. Went to the wayside of fictional life -vs- real life. Nick comes into our room almost every night and sleeps beside me on my half of the king size bed (thank goodness we have a king bed). I could have stopped him when it first started. I could have got up and took him back to his bed...but darn, I was tired already. Todd could have stopped him, but let's be honest, a freight train could come through our bedroom and he would never know it :) So, I say, "it is what it is."
I try to rationalize it by saying, "you know they are only young once, and it won't be forever that he wants to do this. (at least one would hope)." But the bottom line is, I failed at this NEVER list....maybe next time I will do my homework before trying to make a list that I know nothing about. Survival of the fittest baby....survival of the fittest....
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