Yes...I'm THAT Mom

Before Landon was born, I really didn't think I would be THAT mom. You know, the one who is overprotective, always stressing about silly things?

Well, I was wrong.

I put Landon down to sleep last night and he settled right in. What I didn't realize was that Panzer was hiding under the crib, so he ended up being locked in the baby's room. As soon as the baby started dozing off, Panzer started crying and knocking on the door to get out. As soon as I opened the door for Panz, Landon started fussing. He wasn't really crying, so I left him alone to fall asleep on his own. A few minutes later, I noticed his fuss changed a bit, and I told Brian that I thought Landon had flipped onto his stomach. Seconds later, Landon stopped fussing and fell asleep.

This left me in a sticky situation. Intellectually, I knew he would be fine sleeping on his stomach - after all, we all slept that way as kids, and once babies reach the age where they can flip themselves, the risk of SIDS decreases significantly. I knew this.

And yet, I was scared. I also knew that if something happened during the night,  I would never be able to forgive myself. Emotionally, I was convinced that if I let him sleep on his back that something would happen: he'd stop breathing; he'd shove his face into the bumper; he'd wake up and (try to) climb out of the crib. I waffled back and forth: do I flip the baby and risk waking him up, or do I leave him on his stomach and know that I won't sleep and I will be checking him every 10 minutes to make sure he's alive?

Well, I was getting myself so worked up that I called my mom. She kind of laughed at me (again, we all made it through babyhood sleeping on our stomachs!) but suggested that I flip him so I didn't stress myself and so I could sleep.

With Brian shaking his head in disbelief (I don't think he understood how concerned I was), I flipped the baby over onto his stomach. As soon as his back hit the mattress, he let out a wail to wake the dead...but seconds later fell right back to sleep.

I woke up this morning and realized that I should have been more concerned about Panz being in the room, since he is  slowly warming up to the baby.