As some of you may know, Kevin and I are co-sleeping parents. We love having them with us and the bond that comes it. However, it's time for it to come to an end.
We haven't always been co-sleepers. It started when Noah was about a year and a half old and Kevin went to 3rd shift or mids as military calls it. He would go in at 11pm and wouldn't get off until around 9am. I had the need to bring Noah in the room with me. I knew she was there. I felt it was the safest. We live off base, we have neighbors we don't even know their names, and people that constantly drive up and down our road and park. Yes, it felt safer. Kevin soon went to 2nd shift and would get off at 10 or 11pm, and Noah just stayed in our bed even if it did get crowded. However, some of the best memories were made during this co-sleeping phase.
We decided to bring another life into the world, and as you can guess, our bed grew even smaller. We love watching the kids giggle before bed and wake up to their precious faces in the morning or in most cases, their feet in our face. Which is why we are bringing this journey to an end. It has came to the point where we are constantly waking up because of floppy kids or we can't get ourselves comfortable because we are scared it will wake the kids. I'm going to miss it, but it's whats best.
Will we ever let them back in our bed, of course. What kind of childhood would one have if parents didn't let them in their bed when those monsters in the closet get to be too much?
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