Why won't she sleep?! Seriously, I'd like to know.
Putting Scarlett to sleep is like playing "Whack-a-mole" with a particularly wacky mole.
By "wacky" I mean sadistic.
I have put her to sleep - rocked, shushed, strolled, nursed, driven, slung, bjorned, lulled - no fewer than 14 times in the last two hours only to achieve success - or so I think because her lids close and breathing slows - and then see her blue eyes pop open three minutes later.. or less.
"She's broken," I wrote to Ted in an e mail because the poor guy is working late. "I'm serious. It's not cool. It's weird and freaky."
Now she's lying beside me in bed staring at me with those wide open eyes. She's mocking me.
It's not nice to mock your mother!
Bah.
Aaggghhh not sure if Im looking forward to the birth of my second now or dreading it!!
Posted by: SG | November 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Wrap her up tightly in a receiving blanket and rock her from side to side in a large and seemingly ridiculous rocking motion while saying fairly loudly SHHHHHH, SHHHHHH. Trust me, it works. I am considered the baby whisperer in our circle of friends and have raised up 10 babies.
Posted by: Kari M | November 24, 2011 at 08:43 AM
we were there too.
does your kid see a chiropractor? the sleep vertebrae may be out of alignment.
Posted by: j dalhouse | November 24, 2011 at 01:41 PM