If my morning is a prelude of my day.....

I rather just go back to sleep.
At 6:30 this morning, my little one fell off the bed. Again. She was sleeping on her side, and for some reason, she thought she could roll over. BOOM. She hit the floor, along with my heart. Trust me, hearing you baby fall to the floor and then cry is NOT the first thing you want to hear in the morning. I felt so bad. She's usually very good about being next to the edge of the bed, she'll roll over towards me, but for some reason, she rolled the wrong way this morning. So today Lily and I are going to get a bed rail today. And to answer what some of you might be thinking....yes Lilian still sleeps with us. She'll fall asleep in her crib and usually around three or four in the morning, she'll wake up and I'll bring her in bed with us. She loves sleeping in bed with Jace and I, we don't mind, in fact I enjoy it. She's not going to be a baby for long, and before I know it, she'll be a independent young girl that doesn't want anything to do with her parents. Plus if she wants to nurse at night ( which is few and far between) this makes it a lot easier.
I hate it when the subject of co-sleeping comes up between a fellow mother and I, and they assume it's a invitation to give me warnings. "You don't want 7 year old sleeping in your bed, do you?" "Be careful, she might not be able to fall asleep in her own bed when she gets older." "You are creating a monster." I usually just nod, and say nothing. I don't feel like wasting energy by explaining why co-sleeping works for our family and all parties involved are happy, so they should keep their "advice" to themselves.
America is one of the only countries that co-sleeping is taboo. In a lot of other countries, co-sleeping and the family bed as it's called is more than expected, once you start a family. When Lilian sleeps with us, you can literally see her secure glow radiate off of her face. She sleeps soundly and since Jace works a full time job, this quality time they have together is crucial in my eyes.
Also I've read in a pediatric study, babies and children that slept with their parents had deeper sleep for longer periods of times. Also, these same babies and children had a easier transition to their own beds, woke less often at night, and had fewer bed wetting incidents. Why? Observing doctors involved in this study stated that the children felt more comfortable and associated security with bed time. That right there makes me feel like I'm making the right decision.
Wow, that turned into a unexpected rant....sorry. That was completely unintentional. Oh well.


** You know, I was thinking....I should have stated that Lilian was just fine after the fall. She cried for a minute ( I would too if I woke up that way.), I comforted her, nursed her and changed her diaper. She wasn't sleepy afterwards so she watched some t.v and then later, she took a nap. She's been her silly, laughing, dancing self.