2Y10M 1Y1M 寝ぼけるタカラ Sleep walking

二つの寝室の二つのダブルベッドと、床に敷いた布団。ここに毎晩早い者勝ちで寝ていく。私もJasonも一人で寝て溜まった疲れを解消したいから、できれば一人で寝たいので、『早い者勝ち』。タカラがコットに寝なくなって半年以上経つが、添い乳が楽だからついやめられない。

夜中に目が覚めたタカラが、ママが隣に寝ていないのに気がつくと、ベッドから下りて、真っ暗な中寝ぼけたまま隣の寝室へ行ってしまう。（下の布団にアラタが寝ている場合は、踏み付けて下りることになるが、アラタは絶対に起きない。）私は、慌てて起きて、タカラを抱き上げて自分の寝ているベッドに入れて寝かす。

この、暗闇の中で、私も寝ぼけたままタカラを抱き上げた瞬間に、「あれ、これアラタ？」と思う事が何回かあった。だって、タカラはもっと軽いはず。

二ヶ月ぶりに体重を量りに行くと、タカラは9.96Kg。1才を過ぎたので全裸で量らないから多少大目だとしても、記録上では2ヵ月で1キロ近く増えた事になる。アラタと2Kgの差。タカラはとにかくよく食べるから、食の細いアラタよりよく食べる事もしばしば。だから体重が増えるわけだ。お腹はいつもぽっこりしていて、ビール腹のおじさんのように、お腹の上でシャツが浮いて、素肌が見えている。

We have 2 bedrooms and in each room, there is a double bed. There is also a futon mattress on the floor of one of the rooms. We don't have any 'assigned' bed to sleep. We take whatever space we like or available on daily bases. We started to do this when Jason and I wanted to sleep alone in a bed to recover from endless tiredness caused by looking after kids. I find it easy because I still breastfeed Takara and I don't have to get up to pick him up during night.

When I'm not sleeping in the same bed as Takara, and he wakes up, he gets up and walks to other bedroom to look for me. It's really dark in our flat and I'm sure he is half asleep. But he gets out of the bed, lands on Arata who is usually sleeping on the futon (amazingly he never wakes up!), then walks to the other bedroom crying. He sometimes even opens the bedroom door. I get up and pick him up, then put him in my bed to sleep.

Recently I've often got confused, thinking it was Arata not Takara when I picked him up. Of course, I'm also half asleep and it's very dark. But what I think is Takara must be lighter.

We went to have Takara weighed. He was 9.96Kg. Once children turn one year old, they are weighed with clothes on but still, he's roughly gained one kilo in 2 months. There's now only 2 kilos difference between Takara and Arata.

Takara eats well. He sometimes eats more than Arata. Takara's tummy is popping out!