Sleeping with Mommy and Daddy

Julia is always asking to sleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed. It has been a LONG time since she slept in bed with us. (We co-slept when she was a baby.)

So last Saturday night we decided that she could sleep with us. We even brought up a pillow and blanket for her. She thought it was really neat being in our bed, watching an Elmo DVD.



Unfortunately, things did not end well. She got restless and just would not stay in the bed and go to sleep. At one point she was so tired that she laid down on the floor and said "crib, crib". She just wanted in her crib to sleep.

Then last night, she was still wide awake, while Jerrod and I were tired. So I told her that she could lay in bed with mommy and daddy, but she had to laid down and if she got out of the bed she was going to be put in the crib. She actually did fairly well. She stayed in the bed. She finally conked out around 10pm. Unfortunately, she had to sleep pressed up against one of us, so we did not sleep well. THEN, she woke up at 4:30am and refused to go back to sleep. So it was an early morning for us and we ALL had naps this afternoon.

I don't think we will be letting her sleep in our bed anymore. She can lay between us for awhile if she wants, but she will be sleeping in her crib.