Snuggle Mommy

Last week Keely went through a not wanting to sleep phase. She didn't take a nap longer than an hour all week (most days no nap at all) and still fought bedtime. We've changed out bedtime routin a bit and it seems to be working. One change is that I play music for her. The other is "snuggle mommy" time. This started in desperation to get her to sleep one night. I broke the rules and went in when she was crying at bedtime. I scooped her up and sat in her chair and rocked her. Now this sounds like a great plan, but I knew it would be bad eventually because she WILL NOT fall asleep if someone is in the room (she's laid awake in our bed for 2 hours in the middle of the night before). So i rocked her for about 15 minutes then put her back in bed, to much tears. But then she fell asleep quickly. So the next night she asked to snuggle mommy so I told her we'd do it for THREE songs on the radio. That went much better. Now its a habit and I LOVE IT. I'm happy to have this little piece of my baby needing me when so often I look at her and wonder where the heck this big girl came from! These are the moments moms cherish.