March Miracle

A week ago, before this insanity, we moved The Girl into The Boy's room.   I was filled with trepidation: The Girl was still waking up several times a night and if she was left to cry long enough, The Boy would hear her and rouse himself.  But the husband and I were spent.  We'd been sleeping on the pull out (and/or the floor) since the beginning of January.  It was time for Something To Happen.

So, we moved in the crib, turned up the white noise machine, and hoped for the best.

Amazingly (and yes, I know it invites disaster to commit these words to the Web), The Girl has slept through the night 3 times in the last week.  The first morning she did it, I was lying awake in bed (oh, sweet bed!) trying to hear her breathe on the monitor when I heard The Boy start chattering away, as he often does, usually imagining a conversation with Thomas or Percy or Sir Topham Hatt. 

Then I heard him say, "Good morning!  Did you have a good rest?  Did you have good dreams?"  He was talking to The Girl!

I opened the door to their room, and there he was, sitting up and peering over at her, while she lay on her belly, craning her neck as far as she could over the crib bumper to beam at her brother.  Maybe it was the giddiness of a full night's sleep, but I just about melted into a puddle of maternal goo on the spot.

The apartment feels  several times bigger than it has in months.

Comments

[Bobbi]

Bliss!! Here's hoping it continues...we're all a whole lot saner with a good night's sleep.

[Dee]

Hooray for 3 full nights of sleep!! To sleep, perchance to....

I love those puddle of goo moments!

Hope they both keep up the great 'work' :-)

[snickollet]

That is an incredibly sweet story.

And ah! the sweet bliss of a few full nights' sleep. May this be the beginning of many more.

[Jenn (dish)]

Ah, yes- the Thomas conversations. We have heard many of them in our house for the last few months. Glad to hear that the girl has slept a few nights. Can you have her teach mine to sleep, too? I'd love to sleep in my bed instead of the recliner...

[cat]

hurrah... glad to hear you are finally getting some bed time of your own.

[caro]

Fantastic! So glad to hear you are getting some great sleep and that two in a room is working fine so far.

(We could make that move any day, too, but we are chicken.)

[Kath]

How wonderful! Sleep, blissful sleep, followed by cuteness overload -- what better way to start the day?

I hope your luck holds!

[Heather]

Awww!!! How sweet! My DD is dying for a baby brother or sister and she wants to share her room so she doesn't have to give up the playroom for a nursery. We'll see how that goes. I've just been cleared to start injectibles this month as soon as AF shows up. It should be any day now.

[Sarah]

Horray!

[Paz]

I don't even know where to start! Maybe here, congrats on getting sleep. Or, well done Girl! Or how sweet and tender that seems...I am puddle of goo over it too.

Or maybe I should say this: MY SON HAS SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT 4 TIMES!

BG, we've made through to the other side baby!!!

[cat, galloping]

that's super cute!

[Bella]

Awwww. I love witnessing impromptu sibling love. When my twins wake up in the morning, my older son climbs into each of their cribs to talk and coo. Sort of innoculates you against the future squabbles a little!

[caramama]

Yeah for getting sleep!!! And how cute is that story of The Boy chatting with The Girl? I'm glad the room sharing is going alright so far!

[Kate]

Awesome.

One of these days I am going to unearth the corner of Miss M's room (boxes upon boxes of outgrown clothes) and AM is going to move it. Soon. He's almost 2!