Jammin with pops.

The chick kept walking all day today!

Last night was rough... I worked from 7p until about midnight. Came home, ate a snack, read, took a shower then proceeded to do my nightly "check on Z routine." Most nights I am able to pull this off with abundant amounts of stealth...sadly, last night was NOT my night.

I woke up Zoe! Changed her, put her back down... and normally when woken up in the night she'll just need a quick change (I don't experiment with just putting her back to bed - I know she is wet, and I think it's cruel to let her just sit in it... this goes against varying sleep training models but I don't care at least when she grows up I can look her in the face and say, "Z I promise I never let you sit in your own waste knowingly.) -- anyways. Right.. so she'll need a quick change then plop - little fuss - quiet by the time I'm back in my room.

This was NOT the case last night. We regressed to newborn status. She cried from 1:30a until at LEAST 3:30a... non stop. Perhaps teething? I nursed her, rocked her, drugged her (tylenol :op), got daddy to hold her... wow. There was nothing for it.

By the time 3am came around - I was exhausted! Matt has the ability to more or less sleep while she cries (he is also closer to the fan which greatly muffles the sound) and he had gone to bed prior to her being rudely awakened. I however, can NOT sleep while she cries. And so, here it is, 3am and I had been awake since 7am the previous morning!!! Horrible. It's so hard to not get sleep.

So she was fussy today - teething and probably grumpy and mad at me for waking her up. And we went out to meet the youth at a restaurant tonight. MISTAKE. Normally she can go past her bedtime really well now - she was melting down fast though. Screaming and crying at the top of her lungs. Great fun for me and the 50 other people I was engaged with inside the restaurant. Aw, the joys of motherhood - no sleep and dirty looks. I've never been upset by the looks though - I just think in my head .. uh, you were also once a baby.

So all in all - I get 0 mom points for the past 24 hours. Waking her up... keeping her out. I owe her an apology... poooooooor chick.