Bad Habits

Have you ever been in the midst of creating a habit that you know will end up bad but it's too enjoyable at the current moment to change anything about it?

Yes, that's what we are currently doing. For the last several months, Emery has been waking up between 8-830a. I know that doesn't seem early to most people, but prior to that, the earliest she was waking up was 930a and one hour does make a big difference when Mama and Papa are late night owls.

Anyway, we are creating a habit of bringing Emery to our bed when she gets up to watch about 30 minutes of a movie to allow us to wake up a little more before actually beginning our day. We are starting to get ourselves into trouble though. Emery woke up this morning at 530a to go potty. I took her potty and put her back to bed. About 15 minutes later, she woke up again - here's how it went:

Emery: "I sleep in Mama's bed"
Me: "It's still night night time, you need to go back to sleep"
Emery: "I got to Mama's bed and cuddle. I want to cuddle Mama"

Now, what Mom out there can turn down their toddlers request to cuddle? She gets me with that every time. So, I brought her to my bed and we slept and cuddled until 830a when she started her non-stop chit chat for the day. (Who has that much to say at 830a? Oh, Emery has plenty to talk about).

I figure that I've started to acknowledge there is a problem forming and that's the first step to correcting it right? My plan is to break the habit when we finally get Emery into her big girl bed. For the time being, I will enjoy the cuddle time with my baby.