VICTORY!

Here is a photo of Roman sleeping in his own little bed. It is bumped tightly to mine so I can hold his hand in the night or place the blankets back on him. As you can see its a tight squeeze wedged between my bed and my computer chair, but it is WORKING!! (Excuse my unmade bed, but if I made the bed the toddler would have woke, and the moment would have been lost.)


I am so excited! I can NOT wait to share this news. No, Den and I didn't win the lottery, but it's almost as good. Are you ready? No, seriously, are you sitting down for this? Okay...........


Roman slept all night long in his own toddler bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What?! You're not as excited? Well listen here, I am on CLOUD NINE!


If you have read my blog at all in the past than you know that our little Roman has been a nightmarish sleep partner. No one likes to sleep with him because he is literally ALL over the place. I would wake a couple of times in the night with his belly atop my head. Not exactly the most dreamy state for mama. Den would hear me fighting for air and time and time again save my life. It was a miraculous routine that took place nightly, unless we could convince one of the boys to take a turn with him, which the boys did. I would complain about my night with him, how exhausted I was, and either Levi or Isaiah would give Den and I night time leave. Then they would share their gruesome tale the next morning......hehehe


So I decided enough was enough. After all baby #6 is due in the middle of March and something has to give. I mean there isn't room for 4 in our queen size bed, and I would have to put the baby in a bubble to spare his life with Roman next to him. Therefore I conjured up a little plan. I bought a crib mattress and a couple of the softest sheets I could find, and two "Car" blankets that literally feel like butter. You see Roman is into textiles. He loves to FEEL things with his small chubby palm. So I knew in order for this plan to work he would have to love the FEEL of the blankies.


I brought the stuff home and I gave him one of the blankets. I placed it upon his shoulders and gently rubbed his cheek with the buttery material, and he was instantly smitten. He carried the blankie around for quite a while. He also happens to love "Cars", but that was dumb luck. I placed the made bed on the family room floor and told him it was his, as he bounced and jumped on the miniature mattress. He LOVED it!! (Ohhhh little did he know that it would be moved next to my bed and forevermore be his sleeping apparatus, but that would come in time!)


Finally at bedtime he was placed, with as much enthusiasm as a tired mommy could muster, on his tiny bed, that was next to mine. He wasn't sure, but I again told him how soooooooft his blanket was, and it was all HIS! That first night was, admittedly, exhausting. He was up constantly wanting to climb into my bed with me, but I was firm. Even when he jumped up and down at 3am and then 5am I denied him. I got up several times to lay him back down, and to try to melt his heart with his little blanket.


However, last night he slept all through the night, and in fact as I am typing this (right next to him) he is STILL sleeping. Ohhhh the giddiness that I feel from the top of my head to the tip of my toes is difficult to describe! I am so happy that I have convinced him to sleep in his own little bed. This calls for a nonfat/decaf/peppermint/mocha from Starbucks!! hehehe