People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. ~Leo J. Burke
Last night I slept with Ben. I'm staying at mom and dad's with Becky and sleeping with Ben so he sleeps good and she doesn't have to worry about it when Sam wakes up crying. A small taste of a parents life. I can't imagine.
I am a lone sleeper and I like sleeping like a baby. I like sleeping alone and can hardly ever share beds. On cheerleading trips I would always ask for a cot so I wouldn't have to share. So lets just say I got no sleep. Ben likes to be close. So close that he gets all hot and sweaty. And so, the pattern began. Ben would move close, I would pick him up and move him back, followed by some sleepy noises and then his hand would move up to twiddle his hair. At one moment, I was wide awake after moving him over AGAIN and suddenly felt a hand swat me in the face and then slowly move upward to my hair where he proceeded to twiddle my hair for a while. Moving in closer and closer until he was right on top of me twiddling my hair. I just couldn't help but laugh. He's so funny. So this begins the 3 nights of sleep overs. I think I've accepted the fact that I will probably get no sleep for the rest of the week. He's lucky that I love him so much. But then again how can you not?
I guess I don't mind.
6 comments:
Looking at that pic of Ben makes me think two things:
1) Ben's cute.
2) How come his hands were always so cold? I never had to put socks on Sam's hands they are always nice and toasty. Weird.
What a cute picture. If you can't get any sleep, try putting a couple of pillows between you so he can't crowd you. That's what I used to do with Robyn and it worked great.
Auntie Mitz
i did. he got mad.
Ah yes, that quote is too true, I think. I've never experienced it firsthand, but I've heard stories. And they don't sleep that soundly. So I don't know who the heck came up witht that saying, they were sadly mistaken. What a funny kid that Ben is. I'd like to see him.
Kids are impossible to sleep with. I slept with Grace on our trip to Sask and back home and got slapped, kicked, scratched and almost smothered for my kindness. I think I should have slept on the floor. You are such a nice auntie for letting him sleep with you.
I was too scared to sleep with kids in the bed. I was worried I would roll over and crush them like a bug.
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