The Great Escape

Guess who learned how to climb out of her crib on Tuesday? That's right. Bedtime has been a battle for a couple weeks now. When she's really upset, she'll throw Pooh and Tigger out of the crib, then yell "Pooh!" until you come in and pick them up.

Tuesday, however, the Pooh and Tigger throw was followed by a Danae throw. Daddy was bending down to get them and he looks up to see one leg out and - whoop! Daddy barely had time to catch her by her arms. She had never even looked like she was going to climb out before, but she must have been thinking about it for a long time. The first time was professional.

Thus it began. Tuesday night was loooong. Couldn't put her back in the crib, so Daddy removed all the toys from the living room. We sat in the dark, waiting for even a sign of sleep. When she couldn't find toys, she played with shoes (all the shoes go outside), she played with the footstool (into the computer room with the footstool). All we had were Tigger, Pooh and her blanket (which she calls Mit). So she put Mit over Tigger and Pooh and said "Sleep!" and made snoring sounds.

Daddy finally got her down around 3:00.

The next day, while Daddy was at work, Nama and Mommy converted the crib into a bed. Now she wants very little to do with the bed. Danae no longer sleeps, she takes naps on the floor of four hours apiece. From 2:00 until whenever is playtime (though we are working very hard on that). Mommy seems to have a working aproach. Daddy is a little more "when she gets tired, she'll lay down and sleep".

For the record, Mommy's method is better.

We still have a little sinus infection (and a secondary ear infection) The new medicine seems to be working. No runny noses for two days now!

And now for the good news: We're flying down to Florida on February 20th! We'll be staying for a week at La Casa De Latham. Well, good news for us. Not a bunch of sleep going to be happening for poor Kathy and Aaron!