It's ok Mommy

So, there's a myth that exists about children sleeping through the night. Yes, they may learn to do it when they are __ months old, but somewhere around 1 1/2 years old (maybe a little later), kiddos often starting waking up again.

You may be saying,
"How do you know, you only have 1 kid older than that??"
But, we moms TALK.

Anyways, this post isn't about toddlers not sleeping through the night! It's about a cute story involving my 2 something Jude.
:0)

So, as I said, Jude wakes up in the night --about twice a week these days. Who knows for what reason, maybe fear or just wanting a cuddle.

So here Mommy or Daddy go, to rescue our sweet one, whispering a prayer or just cuddling him. I've found that even as I dose off to sleep I may be stroking Jude's arm or gently rubbing his back, trying to reassure him.

Well, Jon & I are known for not being able to keep it together in the midnight hours...and I think our lil' Jude may just be taking advantage of this!
Often one of us will wake to find the other one MIA-- fallen asleep with Jude in his bed. ...guess we didn't make it through the prayer!

Well, all that to say, yesterday morning I woke up in the wrong bed again.
But instead, very pleasantly this time--
my sweet little Jude was stroking my arm
"It's ok Mommy, it's gonna be oooook. It's oook Mommmy, it's alright."

My
heart
melted.
:0)

And suddenly it hit me.

This is just a foreshadowing.

One day Jude is going to be a man. And he's going to have to take care of his lil' momma.

It was such a precious, yet worrisome thought to me!

So, for now, I'll thank the Lord for giving me the chance to teach him how to love
and to teach him how to be a man
until Jesus comes to take us home
or until it's me being comforted by my not so little guy.
:0)