Don't know whether to be happy or sad

oct11bride03

I've rocked K to sleep since she was a baby. I love the quiet time with her as she winds down from the day. Lately though she has seemed to have a tough time getting comfortable. Tonight I thought I'd try an experiment. We read stories, I rocked her for a few minutes and when she kept adjusting and readjusting I put her in the crib and sat on the floor next to her. She moved her pillow around and adjusted her blankets the way she wanted them, grabbed her Elmo, gave me a big smile and drifted off to sleep singing to herself. I sat in the glider for a bit to make sure she was ok, then I went downstairs and tearfully told my husband why happened. I know this doesn't necessarily mean we are completely done with rocking and I know this is a good step for her but dammit if I'm not sad about it, too. Just another reminder that my baby is growing up.

caityr

Its bittersweet  

kme930

Poor mama! I can imagine that it's tough to let go of those routines.  

SeaSoul

Cal went through a similar phase when he was K's age, but it was short-lived.  I'd say it was a precursor to the real thing.  My guess is you have plenty of nights of rocking ahead of you. 

BoilerSuz

Oh don't worry you are far from done with rocking!  DS, almost 4, has gone through phases of rocking and not.  Right now he is really into snuggles and rocking time.  Recently he's taken to telling us "Uhm I'm waiting on someone to rock me more."  I have to laugh at the demanding tone that he uses.  He usually requests a rock at least once a day.  So while the falling asleep might be going the snuggles that go with it are far from over.

LIAngel

Um just recently Nicholas has stopped wanting to have cuddle time with me on the rocker/glider.   I would sit in the chair grab a bookand then pick him up and we'd read.   Then all of a sudden he decide he didn't want that anymore.    He has his own rocker, so he'd sit in that.   I thought "okay fine you sit in your chair and I'll read to you".    So we did that.   Now recently, he has started grabbing the book I'm reading and he wants to play with it.  So now while he is playing with that book, I read him another one. 

I miss the cuddles with him.  he even does this during naptime.  

MrsKolasa

Aww... I fear we are nearing the end of our rocking to sleep too. It makes me so sad. Hopefully this is just a phase and she'll be back to rockin' in no time.