The War of the Night
Let me take you on a journey. As we are expecting baby number 3 this summer we had to do some room switching. Bubba stays where he is, but Little Bear needs to vacate the nursery! So she got a brand-spankin'-new-room! This also meant that I had to relocate my collection of books elsewhere, and we're talking about several hundred books. AND as I'm with child, Hubby had the honor of carrying them ALL down to the basement. Thanks, dear!So here's a quick peek of the princess' new digs:
Big bed, tiny human. It's comical and for the first 6 weeks it worked like a dream! She stayed in bed, slept through the night, woke rested and refreshed. Ahhh, parenting.And then.... THIS:[video width="1080" height="1920" mp4="http://www.gratefulforgummies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180530_204955.mp4"][/video]This was about 90 minutes past her bedtime (and approaching mine).Every time we put her back in, about 30 seconds later, she was out again![video width="1080" height="1920" mp4="http://www.gratefulforgummies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180530_205333.mp4"][/video]That FACE says everything: this is war!We tried putting her back in, firmly telling her the expectations, laying with her, rubbing her back, sneaking out, EVERYTHING! Finally, we had to let her figure it out on her own. Which she did. Around 10:20 PM!You would think the saga stops there- but you would be incorrect, my friend. oh. so. incorrect.Now, as previously mentioned, I'm preggers- which means sleeping through the night, for me, is a thing of the past. Usually I'm awake to change positions, visit the little ladies room, etc. This particular night I awoke around 3 am and rolled over. Only to notice that there was an extra light pouring into the hallway. Umm, what!? I carefully stood up and walked toward our door. Thankfully I looked down and found OUR CREEPY TWO-YEAR-OLD STANDING SILENTLY IN OUR DOORWAY! 😱 😱 😱"Aww don't call your daughter creepy!"No. Just no. At 3 am, a cuddly puppy is creepy when it's standing in the dark doorway STARING AT YOUR BED.We're all lucky I didn't scream.Instead, I said "Oh, Hey sweetheart!... DADDY!!"We then discovered that we were her second stop of the night. She had already visited her brother. Party at 3am!!And we shuffled everyone back to bed and mostly off to sleep. All except for me. I was awake until 4:30 am trying to calm down from the progression of events.And so started, the War of the Night. I haven't slept in a week. I don't drink coffee currently because apparently, this baby doesn't like it. Send. Help. Send Suggestions. We welcome them all!In all seriousness, I think she's just getting us ready to have a newborn again. Thanks, kiddo!What's the creepiest thing your kid or pet has done? I can't wait to see how off the wall our kids really are!Be Great,M