Last night, I was up from 2am to 4:30am.

Not of my own choice.

It all started when Caspian woke up and wanted to BF. Fine. 30 minutes later, he woke out of a milk-induced sleep to sob, "Mama! Mama!" and to beat my breast, trying to push it away from himself. I cooed, "I'm here; mommy's here," and tried to get him to latch back on. He'd nurse for a few seconds, then do it all over again, adding a tortured, "No! No!"

I don't know if he was having a bad dream or if he suddenly decided it didn't taste right or what. Regardless, he finally woke up fully. Grrrr. It was all downhill from there. Throughout this ordeal, I repeatedly explained that it was nighttime, which was the time to sleep. No dice.

He decided he wanted to get down off the bed. "Where do you want to go?" I asked. "Daaah-puh" he replied. Double take. "What did you say?" "Daaah-puh" (grin). "You want a diaper change?" Nod. Woah — first time he's asked! I obliged, then carried his limp (but awake) self back into the bedroom. After swaying with him for a while, I tried laying him down...nope! Wide awake. "Down!" (plaintively). He wanted to go to the living room. Sigh.

When we got into the living room, I told him his toys were asleep, just like daddy. He tried reading books, but I pointed out that it was too dark. I asked if he saw how dark it was, and he did, so I explained that when it was dark outside that meant it was night, and night is when it's time to be asleep. For some inexplicable reason, that clicked (maybe because he saw that it was dark outside just like inside). At this point, it was 4am.

We walked back into the bedroom, climbed on the bed, and settled in...except that he noticed lights. It started with the tiny flashing red light on the smoke detector. It bothered him so much, he started whimpering and pointing, "That! That!" I explained that it wasn't a bad light and it was okay. Then he noticed the flashing red light on the VCR, so I turned it off. Then he noticed the green light on the baby monitor, so I turned it off. Then he noticed the red "lights" of our alarm clock, which I did not turn off. After all that, he was pretty satisfied, so he BFed again and finally fell asleep. When I "came to" he had already detached and was lolled to the side. I laid him down and finally lay down myself. 4:30am. Ugh.

Bare bones update!



Caspian...

• can name/find the 10 basic colors


• knows most of the alphabet and the letters' sounds


• can identify eight or nine major shapes


• has started saying "hmmm" when he's thinking hard about something


• put himself in "time out" once (after disobeying)


• made his first accidental 911 call over vacation


• L-O-V-E-S to do art


• dances whenever ending credit music comes on


• says "uh oh" when an alarm or siren sounds


• is addicted to Super Why!


• will eat anything except (so far) green olives and hamburger pizza


• enjoys dipping food (in salt, pepper, mustard, ranch, ketchup, salsa...)


• reads all the time


• has an infectious laugh


• gets cloth wipes now (except for poopy diapers)


• climbs like a crazy man


• still has a curly red faux-hawk


• recently discovered the joy of bouncy toys (like this)


• experienced his first "play group" on Friday (he was the oldest one there)


• opened a closed door by himself last week


• constantly amazes us with what he comprehends

Hilary...

• hasn't slept through the night in months :p


• started boxing every other day (yay, Wii)


• finished her 5th $1,000 MK week in April


• L-O-V-E-S spending every day with her fabulous son


• actually lost weight on vacation


• can't wait to go on a grownup date again


• is participating in the Great Cloth Diaper Hunt this month


• got to visit an online buddy group friend in Tennessee (Thanks for the pic, Becky!)


• eagerly awaits the new wetbag from her Co-Op, as the old bags are all leaking

Charlie...

• is a hottie


• needs to hurry up and start posting on his blog