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How did we get here?
Yet I’m not reading up on methods of getting your child to sleep
I never thought I’d be called an attachment parent But I guess that is sort of what I turned out to be.
And so I don’t mind at all when he jiu jitsus me through the night. I just want to feel the weight of his warm little body there and be able to kiss his forehead whenever I want.
I don’t know if I would have felt the same way if I became a mom in my late teens or twenties. Back then, I worked as a nanny and am ashamed to say I would have been judgmental about a mama whose boy still slept with her every night. But I didn’t have him until my mid-thirties, when starting a family was a very deliberate decision. And it wasn’t an easy road. My husband and I had some struggles and a major loss on the way. I think that’s part of the reason why I want to savor every moment with him, even while we’re sleeping.
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We cosleep too 🙂 My older daughter slept with us in our bed until she was 18 months old, and then she transitioned seamlessly into her toddler bed. I had her little sister about 6 months later and we've been cosleeping with #2 as well. Lately, #1 has been climbing into our bed in the middle of the night.. it makes for a somewhat cramped bed between 2 adults, a newborn (who takes up more room