Sunday, January 29, 2012
My Children and Their Inability to Sleep In
As I sit on the couch with Temperance, and catch myself slowly fading back and forth from a state of being awake and asleep...I wonder. Will these moments, these early days on the couch watching Little Einsteins be remembered by her? Or will they be just a fleeting moment, that is soon forgotten. Will she find these times of cuddling with mommy on the couch to be important enough to store it to her long term memory? Will Mat remember Scott or I dragging ourselves out of bed to go fix his computer so he can play his games? Chances are those moments, will not be remembered by the kids. They will instead be remembered by Scott and I. The question I then have, is when the kids are older, instead of being annoyed by this, will we miss it? Will we miss being needed by them? Will we miss being the person they wish to cuddle with while they watch their favorite show? My hypothesis is yes. As annoying as it is to be up at 6 when I could be sleeping in until 8 or 10...I've grown rather attached to these spawn of ours.
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You're right; I doubt they'll remember. That said, they'll remember the feeling of their childhood and I'm sure it will be one of love and support since they have such awesome parents. That sort of taken-care-of-ness (nice word, I think?) can't be faked.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Mat crashed in our bed. And he was totally out...as in not moving even when we tried to poke him to move over. He stayed asleep when we moved him...that type of trust, of love...is something that I hope they remember and want to pass on to their little ones:)
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