“I got you, my love,” I whispered, as I scooted off the couch en route to transfer Jonah to the bed. These nights, he falls asleep in my arms, nursing, while I read books in a hushed, melodious tone. His mouth is still sucking as I stand up with all 26 lbs of him, remembering how he felt in my...
Sleep & Overnight Parenting
How Many More?
How many more nights will I get to nurse you to sleep? To hold you across my lap with your head resting heavy on my arm? How many more times will I get to feel your entire body relax into mine as you drift to sleep? To feel your gentle suckling every so often as you sink deeper into rest? ...
3:20 AM
3:20amThese nights don’t feel like they used to when he was smaller and younger. I used to embrace them, find joy in them even a lot of the time. Even when we’d have to come to the living room and play a bit in the wee hours, I’d feel a stillness emerge in the cracks of my sleepiness. I’d feel...
Sleep
You just fell asleep in my arms nursing while I read you one of my favorite books - Wherever You Go My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman. Your eyelids got heavy, and you closed your eyes as I read this passage: In the green of the grass...in the smell of the sea...in the clouds floating by...at the top...