The Battle of Sleep

Last night Addy did NOT want to go to bed. I had a quiz so it was up to Jim to put her down to sleep. The problem with this is that Jim has no willpower when it comes to being the parent with her so I could hear her babbling and playing with Jim through the monitor and saying "Momma? Momma?" So of course when I open the door and she’s standing there with two toys in each arm and says “hi!” all excited because she’s not in her crib and obviously not going to bed.

I kick Jim out of the room because she knows that he will pick her up and he can't stop playing with her and I tell her in my stern mommy voice that it’s time for night night not playtime and she needs to lay down which she does with a plop and a whine. Then as I’m leaving she starts SCREAMING and flailing about the crib because obviously night night is the end of the world in baby logic and she might die if she has to go to sleep. This kid does not want to go to bed. So I lay her back down in her crib, tell her night night and lay on the floor next to her so she knows I’m going night night too. This little trick always works!

Next thing I hear is Addy going “Momma! Momma! ::smooch smooch:: MOMMA! ::smooch smooch smooch::"

I look up to see this adorable child peeking through the slats of the bed- holding out her hand towards me and making kissing noises at me. How DARE she be soo adorable! Of course I had to kiss her! Which led to more playing of the kissing game, which led to me taking her out of the crib so we could play with her toys. Stern mommy mode went straight out the window and little Addy won the battle. Addy 1; Mommy 0.

Jim, of course, found great humor in this.