Sleeping like a baby

When I look back at Greyson's babyhood so much of it involves me freaking out over his sleeping lack of sleep.  We were so beyond exhausted for the first 2 years of his life. Sometimes I don't know how we survived it at all. In fact part of why we went ahead and had another baby so soon was the thought "Well, we aren't sleeping anyway, it can't be much worse."  And we were right.  Adding Amelia to the mix hasn't really made it any worse.  In fact I think it has made it better.  Greyson is 3 and sleeping better now (FINALLY) and usually only wakes up once or twice a night.

I love bedtime with Amelia.  We curl up in bed - tummy to tummy.  As we lay together I relax and all the stress of the day drifts away as my little girl drifts to sleep.  I never thought that bedtime could be relaxing, but with her it is.  Maybe it is because I'm more relaxed this time around - I don't worry about how much or when she is eating/sleeping, just trusting her body and mine.  I nurse her to sleep and back to sleep when she wakes up - and she wakes up often (6-8 times a night)!  But she goes back to sleep easily, I think because I start feeding her before she gets too awake and too upset.

I love having her in bed with us but I think the time is drawing to a close.  When we finally sell our house and find a new one, it will be time for her to have her own room.  I wonder what that will do to our family's sleep patterns? I almost can't imagine sleeping without my children.

For now, I'm tired but happy

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Update:  I wrote this last night after I got Amelia to sleep and Michael was putting Greyson to bed.  Well fast forward a few hours and Greyson STILL wasn't sleeping.  He kept yawning and then emphatically declaring "I'm not sweepy!!"  Eventually, out of desperation we brought him in to our bed and he eventually settled to sleep.  It was a long, long night.