Okay, so like most first time moms, I admit I made a lot of mistakes with the first baby (Ava). Things like rocking her to sleep, letting her have a bottle until almost 2, a binky until 4, you get the picture. But, I thought, you can't really spoil a baby, right? Wrong. And we learned the hard way. So with baby #2 (Owen), I thought, okay, I'm ready to do it all right. Which brings me to the title for this post, what's wrong with this picture. To the casual observer it appears to be a peacefully sleeping baby, what's more precious? Hm. Well the problem is he's not only sleeping in our bed, but he's sleeping in my spot. I had the best of intentions - he starts out in the bassinet, he wakes up every 3 hours or so, but overall not a bad sleeper. Until about 4 or 5am and then he's ready to make the transition over to our bed and I'm too tired to hold my ground.
What's funny is how adamantly I was against co-sleeping (for me personally, no judgement on others) mainly because of safety. I still feel that way so from 4 or 5am on I generally lie still next to Owen with one eye open until about 6 or 6:30am. I know it's time to transition him to his crib, but that's upstairs and his schedule is generally down at 9pm, up at 12, 2, 4 and then 6:30. I keep saying that once he knocks out 2 of those feedings, up the stairs we go. And I know, the real question is why would he want to go anywhere when he gets room service three times night plus he gets to sleep on a Stearns and Foster deluxe mattress. So my new deadline is 4 months, just 2 weeks away. Stay tuned.
