Every day I look forward to going home at lunch and having my 18moS fall asleep on my chest for his nap and taking one along with him.
Every night I look forward to falling asleep on the couch with my 5yoS, who we should really have falling asleep on his own. He takes his pillow and blanket to one end and I take a pillow to the other end, steal part of his blanket and try to avoid his playfull kicks that happen to land in the sensitive zone. He's the one with Down syndrome and, I don't know, I just feel overly protective and don't ever want to let him go. Little things like first words, first steps, learning numbers and letters, singing kids songs that I just took forgranted with my 1st 2 (and probably with my youngest) are a huge deal when they come a year or two later than with a "typical" kid.
There's an awful lot of sleeping going on there considering I never feel like I've gotten enough sleep.
