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{The Ordinary Moments} #22 - Elbow in my ear

7/27/2014

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I never thought much of cosleeping, before you arrived, but here we are: me, daddy, you squished in the middle. Or actually: YOU in the middle and daddy and I teetering on either edge of the bed. You’re getting big, lanky, ever more proddy and flailing, but here we are.

Here we have been, many nights, since you came home with us and decided your cot was made of nails. You didn’t want to let go, you wanted to stay close. We let you in. There was never a question.

There are nights when you don’t need us, when you climb into your bed, roll over and go to sleep. I catch my breath on those nights - is my baby growing up? But it goes in hiccups and false starts, a blocked nose, a feverish head, or a sore gum can bring you back to us.

While it’s true that you’re a FIDGET, that you take up far more space than your size would suggest, I let you in. I gladly let you in. Because I savour it: your little back pressed into my chest, your fingers twirled into mine. A gently rumbling snore that would have me searching for a nice, big pillow to whack with, if it belonged to someone else. Yours? I find it soothing, reassuring. And as you start in your sleep and I wake up to find a tiny elbow in my ear, I breathe in your smell and I know: one day you won’t need us anymore. One day there will be no more cries to soothe after a bad night, no grins to return after a better one. One day we will have our bed back, and I will no longer think of a 7am start as “a success”.

It feels like a long way off, that day, but it will probably come all too soon. So for now, I savour this everyday sight: my Master Fidgeter, his dummy, his doll, all curled up our bed.

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Katie @Mummydaddyme link
7/27/2014 03:32:05 pm

Aw what an adorable photo. I agree that all too soon we will be wishing they would be snuggled in bed with us. I co slept from about 4am with LL every night for a few months when she was little but apart from that both my girls are exceptionally good sleepers so I don't get them coming in our bed that often. When Mads does though, I do love it! x

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
8/1/2014 03:14:16 pm

Though I sometimes can't help but wish M was a better sleeper, I do love the snuggles too x

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Carie link
7/27/2014 04:15:00 pm

Oh I had to laugh - it could be me writing this - except that Kitty's nearly four and we're really running out of space when she climbs in! I should add for your sanity as much as mine that she isn't co-sleeping any more, just climbing in the the small hours if she wakes up and misses us, and as she gets a little older it does seem to be getting less and less! I hope!

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
8/1/2014 03:16:18 pm

Well I will try to be reassured by that - just 2.5 years to go! It seems a common trait with first-borns, this missing of parents. Part of me isn't in a hurry for him to be independent, but he is just getting so BIG. So yes, let's hope!

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Sarah link
7/30/2014 03:57:23 pm

He's so adorable! I would actually happily have Toby in our bed in the night if it would mean he settled back to sleep quicker but he just won't sleep in our bed - he just thinks it's play time in our bed!

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
8/1/2014 03:18:30 pm

Haha! Now you mention it, there was a short period when M was about 5 months that he treated our bed as a playground too. I think the bounciness and the big pillows and mummy and daddy being nearby were just a bit too exciting!

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