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Beth1231 · 06-22-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by PurpleButterfly

She's been through a lot and still going through a lot of changes/transitioning, which will only intensify with the move. Why not just give her lots of time and attention and have her new bedroom become a playroom and toy/clothing storage area until she is really ready? My dd is newly 3 and loves her pretty room but needs to sleep cuddled with mama.

I've been thinking about the bolded part a lot this evening. Anina has been through a HUGE amount of transition in her two short years.

The guilt weighs heavy on me, but so does the pressure to upkeep my marraige (which is why we do not cosleep-it does not work well for us at all).

Sigh. What am I trying to say? I guess that I'm just struggling with my needs, the needs of my marriage and my little daughter's needs and how they all mesh together as smoothly as possible. I rocked her for a long, long time tonight and verrrry carefully put her in her crib. I havent' had to be that careful in months, but I think Anina really needs to be completely asleep right now to feel secure. I love her so much. Nighttime parenting is HARD.

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