Sleeping Beauty

Gwen participated in the Sunnyvale Library's Reach Out and Read Summer program and got to pick out a book to keep as her own. There were quite a few choices, but a Spanish/English copy of Sleeping Beauty stood out. I tried to encourage Curious George, or the Eric Carle book, but no, Sleeping Beauty. She has been requesting it at nap time most days, and then she wants to pose like Sleeping Beauty in bed. Well today (after the usual hour of fussing) she actually fell asleep with her plush rose on her chest. There is nothing more beautiful than a sleeping baby/child. We have been experimenting with our night time sleep situations, and getting very frustrated trying to force an arrangement that it isn't time for. One thing we have learned from Gwen, you can't make a child do anything, and in time they will do it on their own. So, we are going to follow the lead of our children. When Graham no longer needs to sleep with Mama's breast arms reach away, he will be ready to move to his own sleeping space. In the meantime he can sleep on his futon on the floor next to my side of the bed. And Gwen can continue to sleep as the beauty she is in her own room...for now.