No Excuse

Pretending last week didn't happen, let's move on to something more interesting. Okay, in my defense, I did get her an i-phone, and let her sleep in. So she still had a good birthday. I need to start saving my posts and having them show up here automatically. Anybody know how to do that?

I know what you're thinking. How is letting her sleep in a good present? Well, our kid is 20 months old and still won't sleep through the night. Also, it was no simple feat. First, I waited until she was asleep and turned off the baby monitor on her side of the bed. Then I got the spare monitor and laid it on the pillow next to me, with the sound off. So the bright red lights flashed in my face every time the baby made a peep, but she didn't hear a thing. Suffice to say I didn't get much sleep that night.

When the baby started getting up about 6:30 (as usual, I love being a parent) I went up and got her out of bed. Once she was playing contentedly in her playroom, I went back down and turned the monitor back on. This was important because my wife, seeing what time it was, would immediately wonder why she wasn't hearing the baby yet and check to see if the monitor was on. Upon finding it off, she would leap out of bed in a panic, certain her child had been screaming all night (not an uncommon occurrence, I love being a parent) and the rest of her birthday would have been ruined. Of course I complete all these tasks with the utmost stealth and cunning, only to have her wake up at about 7:30 and refuse to go back to sleep. At least I tried.