You hear all the time about sleep training and what "good" mommies do to make sure their little ones know how to sleep.We try so hard night after night to "not pick her up" and "let her cry it out", but from time to time you can't take it anymore and you just pick up that girl and just hold her until she falls asleep.
Here I am sitting across from her "baby" crib where she could not calm down tonight, in the glider we bought when we were expecting her and my sweet "big girl" draped across my body because she is hurting and cannot be comfortable anywhere else. She's laying on me seeking comfort (probably smashing the very baby sister we are trying to prepare her for) and as I rock her and hold on so tight, I realize this "big" girl is still so very little. I want to remember to not rush her to be too big too fast. People say 18-24 months is the best time and I can see why. Jordan has started to change so much and I would hate to miss it by forcing her to be "big", just to prepare for our next little love. Truth is, they can both by my baby girls for as long as they want!
Jordan will be my big girl for most of her life, so sometimes I need to remember that she's still my baby today and it is perfectly acceptable for me to hold on to her a little bit longer tonight.
