- 1755--Mrs. Drofen leaves for work.
- 1800--Baby Drofen goes down for evening nap.
- 1810--2 y/o goes into the bathtub.
- 1845--2 y/o climbs out of bathtub on her own to say she's ready to get out. (Oy.)
- 1920--Baby Drofen wakes up, hungry.
- 1930--Baby Drofen eats 4oz bottle of Mommy Milk.
- 2130--Baby Drofen is so beside himself cranky--no choice but to put him to bed, for the night hopefully.
- 2150--2 y/o goes to bed.
- 2220--Baby Drofen, very restless--get him up because he really needs to eat again.
- 2230--Baby Drofen eats another 4oz bottle of Mommy Milk.
- 2300--Attempt #1 to put Baby Drofen back to bed. Not happening.
- 2330--Attempt #2 to put Baby Drofen back to bed. Much rocking, back rubbing, cuddling.
- 2350--Baby Drofen drifts to sleep.
- 2355--Baby Drofen wakes up.
- 0030--Attempt #3 to put Baby Drofen back to bed. Not happening.
- 0100--Attempt #4 to put Baby Drofen back to bed. Much rocking, back rubbing, cuddling.
- 0130--Baby Drofen drifts to sleep.
- 0135--Take a shower.
- 0200--Fall asleep.
- 0355--2 y/o wakes up screaming--bad dream.
- 0400--Watch an episode of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch with 2 y/o.
- 0425--Attempt #1 to put 2 y/o back to bed. Not happening.
- 0430--Watch an episode of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast.
- 0500--Attempt #2 to put 2 y/o back to bed. Much book reading, back rubbing, and tear wiping.
- 0520--2 y/o drifts to sleep.
- 0521--Back to bed and precious sleep.
- 0545--Baby Drofen starts grumbling.
- 0600--Grumbling escalates to a level where possible it will wake 2 y/o asleep next door. Retrieve Baby Drofen.
- 0605--Call wife at work, irrationally blow up. Wife says, "You're on speaker phone." Hang up on wife.
- 0610--Baby Drofen eats 4oz bottle of Mommy Milk.
- 0630--Attempt #5 to put Baby Drofen back to bed. Not happening.
- 0645--Spit bubble practice.
- 0700--Attempt #6 to put Baby Drofen back to bed. Much rocking, back rubbing, cuddling.
- 0730--Baby Drofen drifts to sleep as wife walks in door from work.
Now I remember why I am glad my babies are growing up....yea, that's it!
ReplyDeleteI had the same night last night because we all are sick, except no phone calls to the spouse...his cold is worse than mine so I let him sleep.
ReplyDeleteAs for the two year old, I would ask her when she wouldn't go back to bed in the middle of the night, "Do you want a happy, fun mommy tomorrow or a sleepy, grumpy mommy tomorrow?" It worked for me.
Haha, that's classic Curdie!
ReplyDeleteBoy oh boy!
ReplyDeleteI think you just convinced me to stop at one!! :)
wow. now that my kids are 6 and 4, you totally reminded me that it is not going to be easy to have another one. babies REQUIRE a lot of work. they're worth it for sure but sometimes sleep seems more important. hang in there :)
ReplyDeletesomeone is awfully quiet over there....
ReplyDeleteat some point in my life, my parents told me i was the worst thing that ever happened to them. it was the best advice they ever gave me, and reading stuff like this affirms it.
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