St. Judy's Comet by Paul Simon
Little sleepy boy
Do you know what time it is?
Well the hour of your bedtime's
Long been past
And though I know you're fighting it
I can tell when you rub your eyes
You're fading fast
Fading fast
Won't you run come see St. Judy's Comet
Roll across the skies
And leave a spray of diamonds
In its wake
I long to see St. Judy's Comet
Sparkle in your eyes
When you awake
Little boy
Won't you lay your body down
Little boy
Won't you close your weary eyes
Ain't nothing flashing but the fireflies
Well I sang it once
Then I sang it twice
I'm going to sing it three times more
I'm going to stay 'til your resistance
Is overcome
'Cause if I can't sing my boy to sleep
Well it makes your famous daddy
Look so dumb
Won't you run come see St. Judy's Comet
Roll across the skies
And leave a spray of
In its wake
I long to see St. Judy's Comet
Sparkle in your eyes
When you awake
Little boy, little boy
Won't you
Little boy, little boy
Won't you close your weary eyes
Ain't nothing flashing but the fireflies
Oo little sleepy boy
Do you know what time it is
Well the hour of your bedtime's
Long been past
Though I know you're fighting it
I can tell when you rub your eyes
That you're fading fast.
I absolutely love this song! With Addison, a night time routine was so easy to establish. In fact, if I strayed from it, she would let me know! With Kale, our routine is different because he insists on going to sleep in my bed with me. Around the fifth week of Kale's life, we had some serious sleeping issues because he wouldn't sleep at night for anything!!! He just could not get to sleep...when he would, he slept fine. Then one night Kris brought him into me while I was asleep and put him next to me. That was the beginning of this habit! Now, every night around 8:30, Kale is ready to get in my bed and nurse and go to sleep. If I don't fall asleep with him then I transfer him to his crib otherwise Kris does the transfer. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this time with him...but it often means that I miss out on tucking Addison in bed because she tucks me and Kale into bed. The roles have been reversed which she thoroughly enjoys! Anyway, the past week or so Kale has been waking up a lot in the night and I've been exhausted. So what have I done? That's right, I put him in my bed with me! Am I starting a horrible habit or am I just enjoying him being little? I debate myself on this every day. I don't want my baby to grow up. With Addison, I couldn't wait for her to get bigger so that she could do all the fun things she does now. With Kale, I just want him to stay little. He looks at me with his huge blue eyes like I'm the most important person in the world...well technically I am since I'm his food source :) I wouldn't trade my kids for the world, but right now I feel like I'm rambling because I'm tired, lol!
Oh honey, this time passes so fast. It is always hard to know what to do. Always. That never gets easier. But my mom always told me, Will it make a difference next year, 5 years from now, when he is grown up, etc? If it will, then make your decision thinking about that. And always do what is best for them, not for you. Oh yes, its easy to do sometimes. But in the end, you will always be able to sleep better if you know that even when it was a screw up, AT THE TIME, you were sure it was the best thing.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, Nick is 29 years old and I am a grandma, but still, I only have like 4 pieces of decent advice! And that is two of them! LOL So just decide, will it make a difference for better or worse for Kale if he continues to sleep with you? No one else can tell you what is best, honey!!
People will try, but they cant do it well. Only you and Kris know.