Is it too much to ask to have my bed to myself? Our children love sleeping in our bed. On most nights, they start in their beds after already asking several times if they can sleep in our bed. Some days, I start early in the day with my, “no!” I might as well get ready because I know they are going to ask. Other times, we’ll let them start in our bed and move them later, but they always manage to make their way back into our bed. It is like they appear out of nowhere.

I don’t mind them sleeping in our bed. It is just that I have a more enjoyable sleeping experience without a nubby knee in my back or being backhanded in my face or on the back of my head. I guess I’m funny that way.

When my daughter was born, she contracted RSV, so I kept her in bed with us every night because I wanted to be sure she was okay. I wanted to hear her breathe and be there in case something happened. Every night continued until she was almost 16 months old. That was quite different from her older brother whom I booted out at the early age of two months. He did make it back every once in a while, but he was able to go to sleep fine on his own at that age. The transition for Minna Beana went well too, but I had to spend a few nights sleeping on the floor next to her bed.

Well, we still have a permanent sleeper in our bed because Schubaboobaly sleeps next to me every night. He will be two in November. I have a feeling it will be a little more difficult getting him out of our bed. He has only slept for a few hours in what will eventually become his bed. I haven’t pushed his move, but it does make for a tight fit in a bed that was intended to comfortably sleep two, now lending itself to comforting five.

As my mother always ask, “Why?” Yes, I have asked them why and they simply say that they just like sleeping with Mommy and Daddy. Well, I enjoy sleeping with them too and I guess I better enjoy it now (elbows, knees and all) because some day I’m going to be missing these days.