Friday, March 6, 2009

So it has been 2 nights and....

Haley has slept in her bed all night long! Hurray I say as this has been a big deal in our house. Chris and I are not sleeping well when Haley climbs in our bed as she is an octopus......arms and legs going all the time! We have bribed her (which never worked), we have told her that her favorite toys will disappear (which they have and it still has not worked), we have told her there are no monsters in her bed as Dora and Boots will save her (that is who she has on her bed sheets), we have tried a lot of things. So it came down to her telling us that our bed is more cozy than her bed and her bed is cold and ours is warm.

Well my sister Julia had gotten a new bed and on her old bed she had a memory foam mattress pad they had put on their bed for some more cushion. They did not need it and gave us a chunk of the mattress padding. I put that piece on Haley's bed to see if maybe the cushion from it would make her bed cozy and also keep her warm as the memory foam does keep your body "cozy."

I did not say anything to Haley about this, so after she had fallen asleep in our bed (a nightly routine of reading books with the girls as our bed is the one that fits us all) I had taken Haley potty (yes she is asleep, but she does potty still) and put her in her bed. For the last 2 nights she has slept all night in her bed. I have woke up a lot more rested the past 2 mornings and Haley is not grouchy like she usually is in the mornings. Chris woke Haley up this morning and her first words were "Dad did I sleep in my bed all night?" She was amazed, I have been ecstatic and now we will see if this continuous.

But my words to my sister are THANK YOU! If I would have only known I would have bought a memory foam pad a lot sooner! Everyone have a wonderful day!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy for you! It's hard when you don't get a good nights rest, and at our age...enough said! (I don't like being old, moldy, and tired) Kristina

Bree Shaw said...

yah!! hope it continues. we have 2 down, one to go!

Misti Picton said...
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Shonya said...

Hurray! I don't know how you've done it all these years! :) I'd have been so crabby, my kids would have been GLAD to go sleep in their own bed to get away from me! giggle

(and oops, my friend Misti was here using my computer and I left my comment under her name a second ago!)

Andrea Frederick said...

Way to go Haley! Now, you can pass this story on to someone else and save them a lot of sleepless nights!