Actually, it is probably long overdue but I just haven't been able to bring myself to move her. :( And it's not like her room is that far away - her doorway is literally two steps from our doorway, so she is so close that we can probably hear her without even really needing the monitor. But still, I have continued to put it off. I just really like having her in the cradle next to our bed. It's nice to be able to just peek in at her without even getting out of bed. But....I really feel like she is not sleeping as well as she could because of being in the same room with us. She is starting to become more senstive to light and sounds while she is sleeping and so it's hard for us to go in and out of the bedroom once she's asleep without waking her up. Like last night - Joe finally stumbled into bed at about 3:00 am and as soon as he is all settled in, she started fussing so I had to get up with her and feed her. It's not really that big of a deal because she will usually just nurse for about 10 minutes or so and then go right back to sleep, but I know that she doesn't really need to eat because some nights she will sleep 9 or 10 hours before waking up to eat. So, I really don't want her to get used to waking up and eating in the middle of the night because I think then she may start to just do it out of habit rather than really being hungry. So...I definitely think it's time for her to start sleeping in her own room. I just have to do it. I know that she will be fine - I am the one who is going to have a hard time with it. And surprisingly, Joe has not been in any hurry to move her out of our room. I thought that he would be anxious for us to move her into the crib, but any time we have talked about it in the past, he's always told me that he thinks we should keep her in the room with us and he likes having her there. Awww....Daddy loves his "little bean". :)
So anways, I think I just need to set a goal or deadline for myself or else I will never do it. Maybe if I get brave I will try putting her in the crib tonight, but I definitely want to try to do it in the next week. She will be 5 months old next week, so by that time I am really going to try to have her in the crib. We'll see how it goes....
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