I was never one to sleep in. Even before I started doing WSLS Early Today, sleeping in for me meant 5, maybe 6 a.m. But this morning, I secretly swore that if I could sleep until 8, I would!!!
Saturday morning, sometime after 5, I woke up to my newest alarm clock… happy sounds of babble coming from my son’s crib. I lied there thinking how sweet a sound it was as he began to make real sounds… words.
I brought him into our room and sat him on my lap. We looked at each other face to face. He smiled, showing off those 5 chicklets that decided to cut through his gums all at once, (keeping us both up even more at night) and I smiled back. Then I found myself telling him, he was an early bird, just like me. Then I encouraged him to get over that… and enjoy the luxury of sleeping in.
It’s kinda like naps, I guess. I never took those either. Even when well intentioned people told me to “nap when the baby naps” before and right after the birth of both our kids, I never did. There was too much work to be done. I’d pay for a nap some days now. I can only hope of all the lessons I teach our kids… little ones, like the luxury of sleeping in or taking a nap… sink in.
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