Duct Tape Would Be Appropriate, No?

The Pillow Snatcher. She's back. It's been something close to three months since I woke up, night after night, to find her sweaty little head on the middle of my down filled piece of heaven. Like clockwork, 4am comes and she thumps out of her own bed and creeps into our room. Some nights she makes it all the way into bed and under the covers before I notice. On others I'll sense her standing there and open my eyes to see her staring right back at me. Even better are the nights when I'm downstairs with MJ at that time and can hear the crash as she tumbles out of bed, and then I get to dread going back upstairs and having to haul her out of my spot.

I don't have the slightest clue what's so terrible about being in her own bed past 4am. If I dare to ask her, she'll either tell me she has to go potty, or that she's scared of the thunder (that isn't thundering at that time), or that the tiger is going to eat her (thank you, bed time stories). I am completely chalking this up to a "two" thing. And, I'm sure I'll be still chalking it up to a "three" thing next year . . .

Really though, it isn't so terrible. I could totally deal with having to give up my pillow every night in exchange for the snuggles I get. The giant problem we've got though, is the kid's inability to sleep past 6-something. And, her inability to wake up in a nice and quiet way. It's all "HI! I HUNGRY! MOMMY! HUNGRY! DADDY GET UP!!!! POTTY! HI! HI! HI! DARBY! OUT! MJ WAKE UP! MOMMY OPEN EYES!!!! MOMMY WAKE UP!!! HUNGRY!!!"

Yeah, so the whole "Shush! The baby is sleeping!" . . . not so much in the morning. MJ gets jerked out of her peaceful slumber right along with the rest of us. And she's getting less and less tolerant of that. I see lots of retaliation when they're older.

For a while there, I was terribly concerned, thinking there's no way they'll be able to share a room soon. But really, it should work out well. With duct tape. Lots and lots of duct tape.