Minnow has been having a hard time understanding this as of late. She seems to want to have middle of the night parties, and not in her crib. Last night/this morning she was awake, on -and-off, from 2:30-5:30 a.m. Therefore, I was awake at the same time, and a very tired mommy.
The party goes something like this: She wakes up crying, I leave her for a few minutes, hoping she will go back to sleep, but the cries grow to loud ear-piercing shrieks. I go into her room where she is standing at the end of the her crib eagerly watching for the door to open, clutching her little blankies. I pick her up and she immediately puts her head on my shoulder. We go into the living room and rock in Muskie Man's big chair and she is fast asleep in a matter of minutes. I wait a little bit and lay her back down in her crib. I return to my bed and try to go back to sleep. She stays asleep for about 25 minutes and the whole thing starts again--UGH!
Yesterday, Muskie Man brought her into our bed at 3:30 a.m. and she slept like a champ between us until she woke up at around 7:00, which is reasonable. I really don't want that to become a habit, however, we like our space. I tried to bring her into our bed this morning during the "party," but she wouldn't sleep. She laid there, waved her arms, and whispered, "baby" "Papa" "mommy" "daddy." It was kind of sweet, but not really at 4:00 a.m.!
Finally at 5:00 or so I told her that nighttime was for sleeping and that babies sleep in their cribs. I gave her a drink of milk and rocked her--again. She fell asleep within minutes and is still sleeping now at 8:40. I'm just hoping she hasn't scheduled another party for tonight!
