kicked to the curb
Posted by kyden on Monday Feb 22, 2010 Under Uncategorizedmommy and i both knew this day would come, but neither of us expected it to be so soon. but for daddy, it wasn’t soon enough. i finally got kicked out of mommy and daddy’s bed 
it was a 3-day transition. the first night, mommy read and sang to me as usual, but then she put me to bed in the co-sleeper bassinet instead of her bed. she laid down next to me, talked to me softly, and put her hand on my chest so that i would know that she was there. but it wasn’t the same. when i tried to curl up next to her, i instead found myself pressed up against the wall of the co-sleeper. it wasn’t nearly as soft and warm as mommy is. i eventually fell asleep anyway. but when i woke up, i remembered how unhappy i was and refused to go back to sleep. after two hours, i was finally able to wear mommy down. yesss! she eventually picked me up and let me sleep in the bed with her and daddy for the rest of the night. when daddy woke up in the morning, he was surprised to see me curled up next to mommy, just like always.
the next night was more of the same. but this time, i stayed in the co-sleeper for a few hours longer before mommy gave up and brought me into the bed.
last night, however, i slept by myself through the whole night. oh, but nobody is celebrating yet. it still takes me almost an hour to fall asleep. i still curl up and press my face against the wall of the co-sleeper. i still wake up in the middle of the night and need to be soothed back to sleep. i still roll onto my stomach to attempt crawl into mommy and daddy’s bed. all these things make for looong sleepless nights for mommy. and for some reason, she is finding this more difficult than my first few nights at home when she was sleeping barely an hour at a time. but it doesn’t matter because this is a victory for her. or i should say, this is a victory for daddy. (mommy told me that if it was up to her, i would be sleeping with her until i’m 8!)
mommy and daddy might have won this battle, but the war is not over. we are taking a trip to monterey this week, and i’ll be sleeping with them while we’re there. i think that one night sleeping in the bed with them will undo all the work that mommy did to transition me out of their bed. if you ask me, i don’t think the timing of their plan was very well thought out. but nobody asked ME!
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 am
What’s happening during the hour that it takes you to go back to sleep in the co-sleeper, Kyden? Are you fussing? Talking? Staring wide-eyed through the bars? Blogging?
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:47 am
Dude…consider yourself lucky! My daddy’s freaked out by SIDS because of all of the reading he’s doing so I don’t think I’ll even get a chance to sleep in their bed!
February 24th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
@auntie cindy: all of the above! except there are no bars to stare through — the co-sleeper is like a bassinet that’s attached to mommy and daddy’s bed. i am not sleeping in my crib waaay in the other room, yet. baby steps!
@musubi: mommy and daddy were also paranoid about SIDS, so they never wanted to let me sleep in their bed, either. but i had a stuffy nose when i first came home from the hospital, so they propped me up on a pillow to help me breathe. they let me sleep with them so that mommy could keep an eye on me. here are a few tips to help you work your way into your mommy and daddy’s bed:
(1) tell your daddy that the best prevention for SIDS is supervision!
(2) tell your mommy that it’s going to be sooo much easier to feed you every 2 hours if she just has to roll over in bed rather than get up, pick you up from your crib, bring you to the bed/glider, feed you, put you back in your crib, then get back into her own bed.
good luck! let me know if my tips work for you
February 24th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Maybe Koda will sleep in your room with you once you make it to the crib all on your own!
February 25th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
yes! i would love to share my room with koda! i just hope he doesn’t think i’m going to share my stuffed animals. i see how he stares at them longingly, waiting to behead and unstuff them
(do dogs snore?)
February 26th, 2010 at 8:52 am
When you graduate to the crib, that post can be titled, “Kicked to the Crib!”
February 26th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
auntie cindy, i will remember that and credit you with the title of that future post. but hopefully, that will be a LOOONG time from now!
March 1st, 2010 at 2:17 am
Kyden, ask your mom about her experiences when she lived in El Cerrito.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:32 am
hi gung-gung! yay, your first comment — i’m so proud of you! mommy says she doesn’t remember much about living in el cerrito except for that whole bottle of orange-flavored baby aspirin that she ate. but i’ve heard stories about how mommy used to scale her crib wall, crawl into your room, and sleep at the foot of your bed. is that what you’re talking about? i’ve been working out, so i’ll be able to do that soon, too!