Duck and Cover
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
You know, it's really amazing what we moms will do to get our little ones to sleep.
It is getting more and more rare for me to be able to easily sneak off after nursing her down. The times are getting fewer and farther between when I can slip away, leaving her in a deep sleep while she sucks on her own tongue, oblivious to my whereabouts.
I always wait and wait for a good moment to pull the boob out of her mouth and sometimes that moment just never comes, so I do it anyway. This is how it goes: I unlatch her quickly (but gently) and then literally roll off of the mattress onto the floor, all in one motion. Then I proceed to army-crawl up against the foot of the mattress where she can't see me, laying as flat as I can. I swear, if someone would look in the window and see me, they would think that I am hitting the floor to protect myself from nuclear fall-out. She usually squirms and might moan or fuss for a few seconds until she rolls onto her tummy and then gets comfortable and falls right back to sleep. Most of the time, I'll stay hidden for a minute to make sure she has really fallen back to sleep and then I sneak out of the room.
Hey, it works.
And a pic just because...
It is getting more and more rare for me to be able to easily sneak off after nursing her down. The times are getting fewer and farther between when I can slip away, leaving her in a deep sleep while she sucks on her own tongue, oblivious to my whereabouts.
I always wait and wait for a good moment to pull the boob out of her mouth and sometimes that moment just never comes, so I do it anyway. This is how it goes: I unlatch her quickly (but gently) and then literally roll off of the mattress onto the floor, all in one motion. Then I proceed to army-crawl up against the foot of the mattress where she can't see me, laying as flat as I can. I swear, if someone would look in the window and see me, they would think that I am hitting the floor to protect myself from nuclear fall-out. She usually squirms and might moan or fuss for a few seconds until she rolls onto her tummy and then gets comfortable and falls right back to sleep. Most of the time, I'll stay hidden for a minute to make sure she has really fallen back to sleep and then I sneak out of the room.
Hey, it works.
And a pic just because...
Labels: baby sleep, pics of scout
posted by Unkempt Mommy at 9:29 PM
3 Comments:
Oh just let her cry it out. Crying is good for their lungs. I'm just kidding, of course.
I used to do things to get the twins to sleep that would put covert military operations to shame.
She's all like, "hey wait a minute here that's what you do mama?" LOL!!
(and I say if it works, score!)
I was the same with Liam! It was insane, he could sense as soon as I was about to move away. I remember having to ever so gently lift my hand from his tummy, letting it hover above him for a few minutes, rolling of the bed and scooting out the door on my butt! Ahhh, the memories.
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