When Brian leaves for work he is often gone for days, sometimes weeks, at a time. Naturally, this is very hard on Kylie. Brian was home the entire month of December, so she got pretty use to him being around. Work has picked up again and he's been gone 2-3 days a week. To stop the tears I whispered to her that because Daddy would be gone, she could sleep in my bed, and it would be our little "secret". Generally I am against children sleeping in bed with their parents. However, this seems to be the only compensation that makes it bearable for Kylie when Brian is away. Unfortunately its not a great arrangement for me. This little bug has always been a snuggle-sleeper. When she was a baby she would pop wide awake if I tried to lay her down. As a toddler she would sleep with a flashlight under her pillow so that when she woke up in the middle of the night she could find her way into our room and stealthily climb into bed, nestling between us. From there we would wake up to find Kylie spread horizontally across the bed with her head in Brian's ribs and her feet in my ribs, the two of us nearly falling out of bed. Now, when she sleeps with me, I start out on the far edge of the mattress and fall blissfully asleep with lots of (required) space around me. Somehow, during the night, she wiggles herself across the mattress until she finds me. I, unlike her, am most definitely not a snuggle-sleeper. I have finally resorted to putting a pillow between us and barricading her to her side of the bed. Lately she's taken to commandeering my side of the bed AND my fluffy pillow! Last night I came to bed after having my "quiet time" and found her sprawled across the bed. Cute little bug. I promptly shoved her to her side and put up the pillow barricade.
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