"I just want you to lay by me."

So now it is Andrew who is keeping me up at night. For a while now he makes his way to our room during the night. I often just let him crawl in bed next to me but I do not sleep well then. He is such a little bed hog! My mom mentioned one of her co-workers is going through this as well and that they have started letting her sleep on the floor in their bedroom. So I thought it was worth a try.

Before Andrew's bed time we took a pillow and blanket into Chad & I's bedroom. I told him that if he came in our room during the night, he would sleep on the floor or else go back to his room. He was actually excited about it and might have just gone to sleep there if I had let him. He slept in his room till about 1:30 and then came and layed down on the blanket. But whimpered continuously until I asked him what was wrong. "I just want you to lay by me." I told him he could lay there or go back to his room. He was also scarred of a shadow on our wall. He wanted to go back to his room. I took him back to his room and then I went back to our bed. I was surprised he didn't protest too much. But then he came back around 5 and wouldn't lay on the floor and wouldn't lay in his bed alone. So I laid down in his bed with him and we both fell asleep.

I'm not sure what our next game plan will be. Kids sure keep you guessing, just when you think you have them figured out they change things on you! Fortunately Carson slept from 8pm to 8am last night.