Bad single mother. No biscuit
We’ve been having Issues lately. Well, actually, I’ve been having issues. Specifically, issues involving the King of Everything and what I consider to be territory akin to the Papal State, otherwise known as me, my body, my bathroom and my bed.
He, being the King of Everything, seems to think it’s ok to invade my territory — mostly bed — at any hour of the wee smalls, climb in, and begin to abuse me mightily. With his big, double wide feet. I swear to Pete, I was black and blue on Saturday night with the kneading and pummeling his feet laid down on me. Some kind of fearful hurt.
And no sleep. No sleep = Very. Cranky. Mama. I finally went and slept in his bed. Harumph.
So last night, I laid down the Law. No coming into mama’s bed. Stay in your bed. He promised. I crawled into my bed. Delicious sleep eluded me, as I had so much on my mind from a very hectic Sunday when
pad pad pad pad
Here he comes, the King of Everything, space jammies and a posse of impossible stuffed animals making a bee line for my bed.
NO!
There were tears. There was snot. There was an exhausted mama staying the line. There was a sleeping, snoring, worn out boy.
Night the second, here we come. I wish he could sleep with me, but with the tossing. and the turning. and the scratching. and the talking. and the feet. my god, the feet. I don’t get any sleep. I’ll miss snuggles. But I need to sleep.
Now.
*thud*
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15 opinions for Bad single mother. No biscuit
Jennifer
Mar 3, 2008 at 11:21 pm
We’ve always co-slept too. Cedar doesn’t have quite so many movement issues though. I just don’t like when he’s sick - that’s when I get no sleep. I’m not sure if this child will ever sleep in his own bed. Hmm. Good luck with your night though.
America
Mar 4, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Mine still crawls in bed with me sometimes. And I am a raging insomniac so I usual am UP when he does. So I truly feel your pain. I am just happy to have mine down to one or two nights a week…
mommypie
Mar 4, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I’ll wake up, literally getting kicked in the FACE. I have never known someone who turns by the clock all night long. Now, when my four-year-old is in my bed, there’s a pillow between us!
christina
Mar 4, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Jennifer, we tried to co-sleep, but the kid has always been a spinner, and has always had to have his feet on my body at all times.
He’s been so sweet, and so needy, lately, that I’ve tried to let him sneak into bed in the wee hours of the morning… but I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in weeks.
christina
Mar 4, 2008 at 3:40 pm
America, I hear you. I was having trouble drifting to sleep Sunday night, and I had literally JUST convinced my mind to stop worrying about everything and had gone to sleep when… BAM! Here he comes! tons of stuffed animals!! talking to me!!!
Sigh. Wine. Or whine. one of them will help.
christina
Mar 4, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Mommypie, i’ve tried the pillow trick.
He worms his way through them, over and under them, or snakes his foot beneath them to still torment me.
Love. It’s got to be love.
Leslie
Mar 4, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Ugh. We’re going to be going through this when nice weather hits. I’ve been letting him sleep with me a lot when it’s really cold (his room is always so cold) and I can’t wait to have my bed back! He’s not too kicky just a bed hog. And ditto on the stuffed animals, I feel like I’m in a toy store when I wake up.
Kelly
Mar 4, 2008 at 4:52 pm
UGH, I went through that with mine when she was little. Now that she’s almost 12, she stays put except for the very rare ocassion of nightmares. No, my issue lately is the fact that I’ve just started letting the dog sleep with me. She insists on sleeping in the dead center of the bed at a 90 degree angle, so as to take up as much space as possible. And she MUST. BE. TOUCHING. ME. AT. ALL. TIMES. Ha.
christina
Mar 4, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Leslie, I wake up when the Kid’s in my bed… hanging off the edge of the bed and the Hog is spread sideways across the remainder. GRRR. I’m waiting for him to have kids so I can gloat.
I let the babe sleep in my bed when it was cold, too. Our house sucks. It’s freezing.
christina
Mar 4, 2008 at 10:04 pm
LOL Kelly, I couldn’t believe you started letting your dog sleep with you. I could have told you that was a bad, bad idea.
Bad kelly. No biscuit.
Rebecca
Mar 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm
We have the same problem. My son even had a slumber party and ended up in my bed. He’s sooo much smaller than me, but takes up soooo much more room. What’s with that?
Also, what’s with all of the stuffed animals? He came into my bed to watch American Idol last night and said he had to go get “baby” (his little Big Bird that’s he thinks he’s had since birth, but it’s actually been replaced a couple time). What’s with this need to bring “the guys” everywhere. Drives me nuts.
Roux
Mar 5, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I have two that sleep like Don Quixote’s windmills, and they both beg to sleep with me at times.
I have explained to them that when they do, they boot me clear out of the bed, delicate little sprites though they be!
They stare at me in disbelief and say “No way. I do not.”
I to, end up bruised, exhausted and sometimes all the way out onto the floor.
But whatreyagonnado? They get lonesome.
christina
Mar 6, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Rebecca! That’s funny. Slumber party with mom, whoo hoo!
I need to catch a pic of the kid when he comes in with all the animals, it’s a hoot
navi
Mar 16, 2008 at 9:38 am
My son, will smack me until his father comes to bed, or he drops from exhaustion, if we don’t put him in his room and close the door - he hasn’t quite figured out how to open it. (the 2 yr old still co-sleeps).
I think he’s fighting sleep, or trying to get my attention (for what is beyond me). Then dad comes to bed, and he sleeps on a cushion at the foot of the bed, he might try to get up, but as soon as dad says no, he stops. It’s kind of funny, because I can say ‘no’ a million times, and it will only work for a few minutes. Sometimes, though he’ll curl up next to me and fall asleep before dad comes to bed, and once he’s asleep, he doesn’t move, and it’s nice to be sandwiched between two kids.
christina
Mar 16, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Oh my. That’s quite the bedtime routine! Hey. At least everyone is getting some sleep, right?
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