The 6 o'clock hour

Miss T (19 months) is not a great sleeper... She usually wakes up and cries for a while most (70%) nights. I usually ignore her. Unless she cries a certain way, then I know she's poopy* and needs a diaper change. The worst time for her to cry is after 6 am. This morning she started around 6:15.... When it's 6 am, the sun is starting to rise and it's nearly impossible for me to go back to sleep and ignore her.

I tried to ignore her. I tried and tried and tried. At 6:41 she did "the certain cry thing" and I realized she needed a diaper change. I went down, changed her, nursed her, and told her, "Believe it or not, it's still night-night time." She solemnly nodded. She went back in her crib, waved and I haven't heard a peep since. I went back to bed at 7:06. I knew it was pretty much futile.

At 7:23, I heard K (2.9) get out of bed, stumble upstairs, take herself to the bathroom, wash hands, and come in our room**. I told her it was not yet 8 and she needed to go back to her bed. She burst into tears. I pulled her in bed with us, stayed for about 10 minutes, and then I decided to give up and get up. K's still in bed. I think she went back to sleep.

I am tired and grumpy.
My parents come tomorrow***.
I am still a bit sick. I needed my rest.
I have 4 million and one things to do today.



*Mommy blog. Get over it.
**Yea, pretty impressive for a 2.9 year old.
***Unless they change their mind. I told them yesterday how we were still a house o' germs and offered to pay the change fee on their tickets if they wanted to postpone their trip. I doubt they will postpone. I sounded pretty awful when I told them coughing and sniffling, so there is a chance. It's really going to suck when T does this cry things and my parents are here. The guest room is right next to T's room. I don't really have another place to put either the guests or T. Gotta start thinking creatively.