Bunk Up

Just realised it has been a week since my last post, what the heck is up with that? I know i sat and planned to blog at least a dozen times but guess i just never got around to it.

Oh well how is everyone?

Now for some reason we decided to upset the happy balance of sleeping around our house , Rebecca in our bed and Ru and Eils in the other room . This works for the most part and our plan was to wait till we moved and finally attempt to get Rebecca into her own bed.  I visited a friend last week who had her daughters in bunk beds and i happened to mention this to my mum on the phone , explaining how it would never work for us . Craig over heard and LOVED the idea …i am pretty sure we had discussed and vetoed the idea before but he does not remember having such a conversation.

So we talked about it , we talked to our family about it . We talked to the girls about it and for the most part all agreed it was a good idea. Saturday we made the trip out to look at some and found the perfect set for a great price. The girls got to climb and play in them , they both wanted to take them home .We bought them , there and then . Paid and we are getting them tomorrow.

Rebecca is excited , she says she cannot wait to sleep up high and promises to sleep herself . She has asked if it is ok that she takes Po with her (tellytubby toy that she likes when she is needing something to comfort her) and if she was allowed to get out her bed when she needed the toilet.

All sounds so promising…

Why am i so sure it will never work ?

Rebecca in 4 years and 7 months has put herself to sleep maybe a handful of times (not including falling asleep in car/prams) , most nights she has to snuggle up with Craig or i and get her arm or back tickled . This process of getting her to sleep can easily take a while . It is very common for Ru to wake up while i am getting her to sleep and for the boy to scream while she goes over.

So there is the option of getting her to sleep in another room but how to get her into the top bunk ? Or the option of getting her to sleep in her bed but what about when Ru wakes up . Then you have the kids waking each other at night , Eils is a heavier sleeper and can sleep through Ru’s noise whereas Rebecca wakes up from the other room. Then there is Eilidh waking up and disturbing Ru , Rebecca can easily wake a dozen or so times in the evening crying and each time that could be disturbing Ru.

Maybe it is me being selfish but after 16 months of sleep hell we are finally getting to the point where i am happy with my sleep and just cannot face buggering it up again.

We are not going to push it , at least i hope we are not . We will not expect Rebecca to sleep all night in her bed , would never expect that of her so young . She will always be welcome in our bed . Even if she refuses to sleep in the bed full stop then at least it will be there for when (if?) she changes her mind .

I am not sure i am ready for this chapter of my life to be over