When I was pregnant with Haley, so many people told me that I
would really need to keep a close eye on Mikey once she was born due to
how close Mikey I were. As many of you already know, Mikey rescued me
under very special circumstances, the loss of my newborn son, two years
prior to having Haley. Due to the unique relationship, people thought
Mikey would be jealous of Haley. I wasn’t worried.
My whole pregnancy, Mikey would sleep next to my belly every night
and he was just fascinated by any movement she would make from in there,
it was really cute.
When we brought Haley home from the hospital, she was
4 ½ pounds, itty bitty, but healthy. Mikey was so curious about her as
soon as I walked through the door so I put her on a blanket on the
floor and let him check her out. As soon as he got one whiff of that
sweet baby smell he began to purr. He sniffed her from head to toe and
then he curled up next to her for a nap.
As much as I trust Mikey, I tried to really play things safe and when
she went down for naps and went to bed at night I would make sure her
bedroom door was shut, we had a video monitor so it was all good. Well…a
couple of times the door got left open and when I would look closer on
the monitor I would see Mikey in her crib, he was being good but wanted
to be next to her. I was assuming it was her body heat that he wanted.
So I would go in there get him out of her crib and shut her door. I
think it must have been the third time or so that the door got left open
and this time I was downstairs and noticed it open, I knew Mikey would
be in there. I looked in saw that Haley was sound asleep but I didn’t
see Mikey in her crib and was a bit surprised by that.
Another quick
glance around Haley’s Room and there he was…sound asleep under her crib.
He never jumped in her crib again, he would always nap under it during
their nap time. I never shut her door again.
When Haley goes to bed at night Mikey always goes with her, he stays
in there until she goes to sleep and he still doesn’t sleep on her bed
with her, only if she isn’t in the bed and then it’s fair game. LOL You
can always find him at bedtime sleeping next to Haley’s bed. Once she
is asleep…you can find him next to me, in my bed, our bed.
You know, Mikey and I went through so much before Haley arrived…Mikey
didn’t understand all that made my heart hurt back then, he was a baby
and his job was just to fix it and he did. When Haley came into the
world two years later, it was pure Joy and Mikey thought so too because
he knew what sorrow looked like .…he saw it on my face and how it felt next
to him at night for a very long time. This Joy thing was different and
he knew Haley brought that into our home…he loves Haley, she helped him
save Mom.
Models are Mikey and Haley
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