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Babies Make Horrible Roommates
When Vivi was tiny she roomed in with us in a bassinet. My husband couldn’t wait to boot her to her own room because he claimed he woke her up every time he got up to pee. (Apparently my solution of “HOLD IT” wasn’t acceptable to him.) I was distraught at the thought of having my baby all the way down the hall and across the loft from me, she was so tiny! Her crib was so big! When Vivi was just over three months old Cody got his wish, the baby was booted to her own bed and as much as I don’t admit it, I liked having my room back to ourselves. She’s done really well in her own bed and the rocking chair in there is far more comfortable.
Now here we are six months later and we’re back to shacking up with the baby in our little hotel room and I’m coming to realize babies make horrible roommates.
Bow chicka romance factor aside, babies are NOISY sleepers. Vivi squeaks, squawks, giggles, farts, moans, grunts and kicks like an old man riding a stubborn old donkey. We have to sneak into our room at the end of the night, remove the big one from our bed and move her onto the sofa sleeper in the living room then get into bed ourselves without disturbing light sleeper McBabyPants. In the wee hours of the morning (6 am) she wakes up, demands sustenance and a dry diaper then after about 20-30 minutes of singing to herself falls back asleep for a couple of hours. At home she sings to herself in her own bed on the other side of the house. Down here she sings to herself barely two feet away from my head, it’s also as if she KNOWS we’re both up there on the bed listening because she puts on the cutest singing show anyone has ever heard, we’re also on CST rather than EST down here and that 5 am wake up call is a cold breeze up your skirt.
I wouldn’t change our arrangements (mostly because there’s nowhere to rearrange anything to) but I know for a fact that when we get home, it’s everyone in their own room, to think I thought sleeping with just Cody was loud.
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Karen L commented on Feb 16 12 at 2:04 amIt has kinda worked out that way for us with each of our kids, who have moved to their own room (for at least the first part of the night) around 6 months. I didn’t like the idea of moving my first out of our room, but as soon as we tried it, he started sleeping much longer stretches. He stopped asking to nurse so often at night. only 2-3 times instead of constantly. I swear he could smell me when he was in our room. And the second two are light sleepers and we snore.
Juju @ Tales of Whimsy.com commented on Feb 16 12 at 6:19 amMy daughter is almost 10 weeks. And while I use to hate the thought of her moving to her own room, I must admit I’m warming up to the idea. She makes allot of little noises at night that keep me up.
Sarah Myers commented on Feb 16 12 at 10:08 amLeia is 18 months and we bed share, can’t imagine it any other way. When she was born I assumed she would sleep in a crib, ha. I figure she’ll eventually transition into her own bed in our room then someday a bed in the guest room (which would then be her room), but there’s no rush.
Melissa commented on Feb 17 12 at 1:06 amOH. MY. GOSH. The rolls on that baby in the picture above are absolutely INCREDIBLE. It makes me wish my baby Felix had more substance on him. He’s a big kid, but not – as Penelope (4yo) puts it – “fluffy” as other babies. I miss big baby rolls.
And yes. Babies are terrible roommates. Even for me. I sleep deeply and Felix is a sleeping champ. I still did it for the first 4 months of Felix’s life for feeding convenience and because of lack of space. I’d much rather he wake up me than Penelope in the middle of the night!
Koreen commented on Feb 17 12 at 5:16 amI co-sleep with my little one in our bed but I’m thinking its time to move him out. He’s just gotten mobile and its the kicks, stabs and head butts in the night. The 3am conversations he likes to have, I could really do without.
Jen commented on Feb 18 12 at 10:52 amMy little one got booted around 7 months and it probably would have been sooner if we hadnt had to move at the time. Within a week she was sleeping through the night instead of sleeping (the long way!) between me and my hubby :)
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