Every night our routine for bedtime is the same. Brushing teeth, two stories,, prayers, and then goodnight kisses all around. I tuck Brennan in his bed, then onto Emerson's room. Brennan inevitably calls for Daddy to come in, to tell him something or to coax him to hang out for a few more minutes to delay bedtime. Emerson is getting much better at curling up and going to sleep on her own. Although there are many nights when she will also call for me a mere minutes after I have left her room.
Tonight is no different. Emerson calls for me and I go back to her room. She wants me to lay with her and I tell her to try to fall asleep on her own. Because honestly I have loads of laundry to fold, lunches to make, a kitchen to pick up, a husband I haven't seen all day, and many other mindless tasks to get done. But as I walk out of her room, I stop and change my mind. I lay down next to her. I realize that someday she will stop asking me to lay with her. Someday she won't "need" me to help her fall asleep. Someday I will be hurt because she wants me to leave her room quicker than I am ready to.
So tonight, I lay there and watch her fall asleep, because I know it won't be forever. I know that this is a moment I should not let pass.
Lots of love,
The Grady's
2 comments:
OMG...you got so deep on this post. I wasn't ready:) I'm now crying and need to find kleenex.
Just remember...girls always need their mommy!
OMG, I almost cried reading this. Makes me feel so awful for being short with Josh last night when he kept asking me to lie with him for one for minute. Thanks for this wonderful reminder. You are such a super mom!
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