Mom and Dad’s Bed

I’m not judgy about parents who let their kids sleep in the big bed with them when they’re little.  I honestly feel like different routines work for different kids and parents. And when it comes to getting some sleep, you need to do what works for you.  Everybody needs to get their rest.

Mean Mom

That said, I was the mean mom who laid down the law and said that everyone needed to sleep in their own beds.  They showed me…they barely slept at all. But this was my line in the sand. I spent all day with my little crazies.  At the end of the day, this mom needed a little space. I also clung to the delusion that they would eventually get used to it and become better sleepers (spoiler alert: I had to wait until the teen years for that one and by then we had already gotten our black lab who identifies as a rooster.  Boo!) Oh well, no sleep for the mean Mom.

Since I was tough about the bedtime rules, I let the boys hang out in our room before bed if they wanted. They could watch a show and jump on the bed. This gave me a few minutes to put away laundry or do a quick clean of our bathroom.  You know us, always looking for any little win, even if we’re massively behind on the war for some quality zzz’s.