Posted by: tituteo | July 16, 2009

My Sweet Child

Our sleeping arrangement has always been the Man and I on our bed and Seth on a mattress next to me. Ever since long ago when he was sick and we put him in bed with us, Seth has claimed his spot in the middle of our little Queen sized bed. Little, if you have seen us. =p

No matter how we placed him in his mattress before we sleep, he would wake up in the night and climb Mt Everest (that’s me!) with his pillows (and sometimes Cookie). Usually he would let himself tumble down the mountain and continue to sleep wherever he landed. It reached a point when I was so used to him crawling over me I slept through it.

Eventually we realised that he loved the warmth of our quilt and body heat. And though he sleeps mostly on top of the quilt, he loves to snuggle and find a comfy spot to settle into. So smart mummy brought out his comforter that we’ve set aside for a long while, deeming it too big and hazardous. With his new comforter, he settled into his own bed easily. Sigh.. Why did I not think of it earlier?!!

A couple of months back, the Man decided to swop places with me. I secretly think he wanted to peep at his son in the night like I loved to do. But then again, he is such a pig, the son could wake up and call out for him and yet he could sleep on. :S I kinda missed sleeping next to my boy and missed hugging him to sleep when he climbs over in the middle of the night. I supposed that caused my insomnia for the past few weeks. I’ve been tossing and turning and having trouble sleeping that I usually fall asleep only at about 3am!

So last night I asked to sleep back in my beloved spot and I fell asleep effortlessly! In the middle of the night, Seth woke up and found me instead of Daddy next to him. He knelt beside me and fondled my face (I think he was feeling for the stubbles on the Man’s chin!) then realising it’s me, he called out ‘Mammy’ and laid back down to sleep. Then he reached out his little arm and said, ‘Mammy, Hold Hand’ and I held him and we both fell asleep again. Contentedly. Sigh… Bliss!

I love how he usually calls me “MaMa” but changes to “Mammy” when he’s trying to be sweet! =D


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