Nothing shows you the difference in parenting other people have like keeping their children for a sleepover.
This weekend we have been the lucky keepers of Little Princess. Little Princess comes from a co-sleeping household. The only co-sleeping my kids get at this point is that period of time between them sneaking into my bed and the first time they kick me in their sleep.
I set up a bed in my boys' room. All three kids sleeping in one room means there was no way she could get lonely, right? Wrong.
The first "Rachel!" in the middle of the night was greeted with immediate cuddles until she fell back into Little Princess dreamland.
The second "Rachel!" was met with confusion as just 20 minutes before I had soothed her to sleep with my mad parenting skills.
A third and forth Rachel...
The fifth one was met with my normal middle of the night Mommy. "What do you need sweetie?"
She turned to me and said "Rachel, I just can't do this. I can't sleep this long. I have been sleeping forever."
It was 3am. There was far too much sanity and 4 yr old logic coming at me for that early in the morning.
I gave in and laid with her on the twin mattress, again, but this time to stay. She let out the cutest little sigh, patted my arm and went to sleep.
The force is strong in that one.
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