Public Enemy #1

Unfortunately the time has come where I'm probably going to have to take out a restraining order against my son. See, the little guy is obsessed with me. He stalks me day and night. During the day, he holds me hostage as I'm not allowed to leave his sight. If I attempt to leave, the verbal abuse starts - incessant screaming. And now - he has expanded his reign of terror to include night time hours as he wails through the monitor more times than should be legally acceptable.

;)  ;)

Sleep Baby Sleep

Jack was wailing through the monitor at 4am this morning, which is never a welcomed noise. However, it was particularly unwelcomed this morning as I had stayed up until midnight watching reality tv with a few glasses of wine.

I hauled myself into his room, hoping that a bottle would be enough to put him back to sleep. No such luck. The little guy was all smiles - up and ready to go. 

This felt like hell. A few short months ago, four hours of sleep would have been amazing, but once you get used to your baby sleeping through the night - its incredibly difficult to adjust to 4am wake-up calls.

I was sitting in the recliner holding him when I remembered reading something about how yawning is believed to be a biological function of the body used to subliminally sync people in rhymthm with one another. 

So, I decided that if I faked yawning that it might trigger a sleep response in the baby. So I yawned and yawned and yawned again. Well, it seemed to be working - on me anyways. During my performance, Justin, on his way to the bathroom, peeked into the room.

"Is he going back to bed?" Justin asked.

I told him I was working on it by yawning. He seemed confused and a little skeptical.

Well, dear husband, I'll have you know that it worked like a charm. Two and a half hours later - that baby passed out cold.