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I would blog more if the stupid right-click thingie would work. I don't know what's up with that. Oh, and before I forget, there is a new album for 9-12 months linked in her family/friends page. If you need access, just say so!

Anyway... Sleep. This is our issue du jour. You see, you're sleeping better. Kind of. Last evening, you had some tummy issue but you were just exhausted and wanted to sleep but couldn't. After some Mylicon drops, you pepped up and turned into Energizer Baby. Seriously, I have NEVER seen you with that much energy. I think you giggled for 1/2 hour straight. It was surreal. And I couldn't get you to calm down to actually go to bed, so I just plopped you in there with your stuffed animals around 8 and you played yourself to sleep. Wonderful. Then you woke up at 3, and went right back to sleep after some boob time. I actually had to physically wake you up at 7:15 to get ready for school!

Now, I have mixed feelings on this. You see, we discontinued monitor use a while back because I was being hyper-sensitive to it, waking up every time you rolled over. That made me a nervous wreck because I couldn't hear you, well, every time you rolled over! If I can't hear you roll over, how will I hear if you choke or suffocate or succumb to some evil monster living under your bed? (joke) I leave your door open and leave mine cracked and have faith that when you cry I will hear you. Nearly every time I wake up to your crying in the middle of the night, you are standing on the closest edge of the crib, chewing on the crib edge. That means you've been awake for a while. In other words, I am not waking up until you scream loud enough to get through my slumbering deafness.

Last night I know you woke up at least one time after our 3 a.m. waking because you pulled down every.single.toy lining the back of your crib (they're all safe, I just keep 'em there for storage during the day). But I never heard it. You either weren't upset enough, or you weren't loud enough to wake me.

My mother thinks this is just fabulous. She actually used the word "fantastic." I don't think this is fantastic OR fabulous. Again. If I can't hear you wake up enough to get peeved and pull down every toy in your room, how will I hear that evil monster coming after you?

I know this is a necessary step, and I know the folks from the Cry-It-Out camp will be applauding our progress. I just hope I can come to feel the same way. Being rested regularly might help that.