My child does NOT sleep through the night, and I don't mind! To take it a step further, I have an even stranger admission... I actually love it! After five plus hours of curious sleep, I miss him!
SMILES and glee!
EXCITEMENT and leg kicks!
In the wee small hours of the morning
, I get the motherly mush out. I tell him how much I love him, and how I'll always protect and care for him. I kiss him repeatedly on the forehead, and manage miraculously to never make him cry!
It's bliss!
Photographer: Josh Branstetter
All of the many sleep concerns I had months ago have dissipated. I wonder now, looking back, why I even worried myself over the matter? (Refer to entry, Lonely Nights Behind Bars)
In regards to sleep training, my child let me know when he was ready to sleep on his own. There was a day somewhere along the line, when he cried in a particular way, and I just knew he wasn't sleeping well in our room, in my bed. I realized from there, that I was the one with sleep issues! I couldn't let him go. He'd been so close to me, for so many months --
It was hard. I'm not saying it was easy, but ultimately it was for the best. My little man now, for the most part, sleeps like a champ! At six months, he naps reliably every three hours. He puts himself to sleep, and wakes refreshed-n-ready to play.
It's beautiful, and I more than love this time in my life!
A sleep essential in the Mulligan-Kohn household...
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