This morning Rachel woke up before Laura (as usual), but for once didn't wake her up. I quickly scooted out of bed to let Rachel out of their room (she still relies on other people to open doors for her), and she came and joined me in bed and asked to nurse. She is nursing less and less frequently these days, and I was more than willing to have some cuddle time in bed to slowly wake up. She nursed for over 20 minutes (extremely rare), and it was just so nice.
Fast forward to tonight. She recently has been stalling at bedtime for so long that she gets to a terrible, over-tired place where she cannot go to bed without tears, which I really dislike. Tonight was no different. As I lay in bed with her trying to sing softly and rub her back to calm her and transition to sleep, she was bouncing around wildly and being ridiculous. I told her several times I was going to leave if she didn't lie down and try to calm herself. So eventually, it came to that. I spelled off with Josh, hoping he would have better luck. Nope, worse. Stalling included two bathroom trips with him and negative progress in the calming down department. So eventually he left her up there, and she was crying, now in that over-tired state. Often, if we just give her a few minutes, she self-soothes and goes to sleep. She has always been a really great self-soother, and from day one has been able to put herself to sleep. But not tonight. I went back up and climbed into bed with her once more. She was ready to be calm now, and I was able to rub her back while we snuggled. She turned around and cuddled right into my chest, and within minutes was snoring. It was so lovely to be able (and needed) to put her to sleep like that. It makes me glad I haven't completely lost my little baby yet.
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