and unlike Billy Joel, mine had nothing to do with a rendezvous with an "experienced" women (although i hope that goes without saying).
melissa came over last night to keep me company and help out with jaden this morning. we had lots of fun...so that was the good part.
the not so fun part was coughing until 1:30 am (hard to sleep when you are coughing) and then waking up to jaden crying at 4:30 this morning. he had wet the bed, which hasn't happened in a long time.
the worst part about it was that bear got caught in the crossfire, so i had to break the news to jaden that he was going to have to sleep the remainder of the morning without bear. which meant i had a crying 3 year old on his floor bawling, "i can't sweep without bear! i won't sweep without bear!" it was pretty sad.
we figured out a compromise eventually...has anyone ever tried to negotiate with a 3 year old in the middle of the night on 3 hours of sleep? it took some finesse.
i decided by the time it was over that it wasn't worth it to go back to bed, so i got ready for work and got here by 6 am. i guess that is good.
i'm viewing all this not sleeping stuff as preparation for my newborn who should be coming in 8 weeks.
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I haven't had an opportunity to negotiate with a 3yr old yet, but a 2yr old, yes. Barends new thing is when he wakes up in the middle of the night and doesn't want to go back to bed, he goes through a list of things that he "wants". Drink, read a book, "hungi" (hungry), just to name a few. So before we go to bed I make sure I have that stuff next to him. That way when he wakes up and realizes that he's not getting out of his bed, he usually goes back to sleep.
Poor Jaden though...I can't imagine what it would be like if Barend didn't have his "binki" (blanket).
Hope you're well!! 8wks...wow : )
3 year old negotiations are not fun. Let alone negotiations regarding a lovey in the middle of the night. Been there, and I'm sorry you had to be there too.
Holy cow 8 weeks... Ok so after the new one is born and before I move across the country, we need to meet up for a little bit. Any chance we can make that happen?
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