06-12-2009, 05:26 PM
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I Love My Kiddos...
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I am a huge fan of attachment parenting and co-sleeping...so that's my disclaimer!! My feelings are our kids missed out on so much and know how to fall asleep on their own...but have no idea how to fall asleep with love. My kids had no clue it was OK to cry for me...and I did NOT want that continued...so I responded to every single whimper. DD, age 7, was easy...DS, age 5, was not...so we co-slept. It's 'funny' DS (home 5+ years) no longer needs me to fall asleep...but he did when he was younger. DD, who slept alone from the first night, now needs me...and she's home almost 7 years. Like tonight...she 'needs' me so she and I are sleeping together.
Personally, I would 'push' the rocking and snuggling at bedtime and not allow him to even whimper alone...he needs to know YOU are there for him...he learned how to fall asleep all alone in the orphanage...JMHO!!!
Congrats and all the best!!
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Proud Mommy to two...who have taught me I can not change their pasts but I can change me and the way I parent them~
*Yaya~My Siberian Sweetie ~born in 2001~Home 2002~Now 8 and a 'Tween', and in 3rd grade. She's all girl!!! 
*Bubbs~My Samaran Sunshine~born in 2003~Home 2004~now 6, in Kindy and such a sweet, silly & special boy! 
'My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish.'
~"My Wish" by Rascal Flatts
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