Sleeping Alone

I found this entry in an old journal today:

We are trying to teach Hope to sleep in her own bed. In April she will be five years old so she is used to sleeping with us. The other night we had her stay in her own bed in the girls room where all four girls sleep. She was not happy. She was crying so I went into her room and said; "Why are you crying, Hope?"

She said, "I don't like sleeping in here. I don't want to sleep in here. I don't get any attention."

I know how she feels. I hate it when I don't get any attention. (January 29, 2004)