Thursday, July 29, 2004
Anna - a battle of wills
Lately Anna, our sound sleeper, has awakened several times in the middle of the night crying. I was so convinced there was something wrong I took her to the doctors thinking she had an ear infection. Nothing.
It would appear our darling daughter thinks she likes it more when we come in to give her a drink of water and a hug in the middle of the night rather than just going back to sleep. I don't really have the patience for this over the long term, so last night became the battle of wills.
Anna started wimpering at about 1:30 am. By 1:40 am she was into a seriously good cry, and by 2:00 am her screaming was loud enough to get through 2 sets of bedroom doors and both the pillows I had stuffed over my head.
Turns out our determined little princess kept up at that volume until almost 2:30 am. I had to leave early this morning, so I didn't see her before I left. In my head I know she's fine, but deep down in my heart I'm sure that 1) a terrible trajedy befell her last night and we ignored it, and 2) she'll hate me forever.
Interestingly, Pierce didn't wake up at all during the entire scream fest. I think I'll have to rewrite my will to give him a bigger share...
-Eric (Dad)
It would appear our darling daughter thinks she likes it more when we come in to give her a drink of water and a hug in the middle of the night rather than just going back to sleep. I don't really have the patience for this over the long term, so last night became the battle of wills.
Anna started wimpering at about 1:30 am. By 1:40 am she was into a seriously good cry, and by 2:00 am her screaming was loud enough to get through 2 sets of bedroom doors and both the pillows I had stuffed over my head.
Turns out our determined little princess kept up at that volume until almost 2:30 am. I had to leave early this morning, so I didn't see her before I left. In my head I know she's fine, but deep down in my heart I'm sure that 1) a terrible trajedy befell her last night and we ignored it, and 2) she'll hate me forever.
Interestingly, Pierce didn't wake up at all during the entire scream fest. I think I'll have to rewrite my will to give him a bigger share...
-Eric (Dad)
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