getting her in her own bed....

I took a nap with in my bed with my 4 year old this afternoon, and then after waking and playing, hours later put her in her own bed for bed time. 

As I touched her super soft cheek and brushed hair away from her eyes I remembered a time when I couldn't nap with her because it would make bedtime a nightmare.  I remember a time when bedtime was just a nightmare, naptime too for that matter.  Those days when I would have to sit by her bed for what felt like hours and just keep putting her back in.  And a few days where I just had to give up becuase I couldn't take it anymore. 

During that time I would consol myself by saying "when she's six she'll go to bed no problem"  "we won't still be doing this when she's six" 

I gave myself a few extra years just incase we were still doing that when she was four...  but here we are, with our big girl four year old (who's always asking me how long till she turns 5...) and she can sleep in my bed for a nap and transition to her own bed for bedtime just fine. 

She sleeps great!  Whether it be taking a nap alone, together, in my bed, in hers...  whether it be bedtime at 7:00pm because she didn't have a nap or 8:30 because she did...  sleeping is no longer a problem for this kid.

And I love it.

And it just reminds me of something one of my cousins told me before I had her "this too shall pass". 

It did.  We survived, she survived, and she's a pretty amazing kid.