Wednesday, March 25, 2009

My daughter ain't no sharpshooter

Last couple of nights AnnaRose has been waking up in the middle of the night. 12:30 to be exact. Which is unusual because she always sleeps through the night. Has since about 3 months old. We got really lucky with her or maybe someone was making up for Matthew's sleeping habits when he was young. Anyway, back to the story, I went in last night to try to calm her down. I usually will not pick her up or feed her in the middle of the night because I don't want her to get in the habit of waking us up. I rubbed her back and told her she needed to lie down because it was still night. She promptly hurled the Nuk she had in her hand at me. That wasn't sufficient though so she took the one out of her mouth and threw that at me. Fortunately she has my athletic skills and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a shotgun. I calmly reached down to the floor and gathered up the Nuks. I tried to give one back to her but she just screamed and refused to take it. I tossed the two in the crib and watched as she literally body slammed the crib mattress, hunted around in the dark for the Nuk, stood up and hurled at me again. Unfazed I told her I wasn't going to play games but I would sleep on the floor in her room until she fell asleep. A trick I used to use with Matthew a lot. She fell asleep about 10 minutes later and I got to go back to bed. Before I left, I snuck the Nuk back into her crib knowing she would thank me in the morning.

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