Bed time

For the last few days audrey has refused to go to be in her crib. (Of course we end up making her do it anyway)

be here has been her sleep schedule the last few days.

Sunday night:
Went to bed a resonable time. but since katherine michelle and dan were over. audrey would not go to sleep and woke up. we gave her orajel and pain killer. So we decided to keep her up til they left. When they left she still didn't calm down and so we introduced her to Bunny town and she calmed down watching the bunny's dance to the "Bunnytown hop" on Playhouse Disney's website. eventually she was showing signs of sleep and we put her down. She started screaming and would not stop didn't stop for over 20 minutes. At which point we went on a drive and 5 mintues later she was out like a light.

Monday night:
We got home somewhat late because of grandma is in town and we want to spend as much time with her as possible. Audrey didn't really get into bed until like 10ish. She slept for a little while and then woke up. Assuming she woke up becasue of teething pain we got her out of bed gave her some orajel and pain killer and then let her calm down by reading some books. Once signs of sleep started again we put her down. She started screaming again and got so upset she threw up. Of course we had to clean her up with a bath. we then tried to put her down again and she started screaming the second she was in her room. since it was already after 12 we put her in bed with me and she fell asleep in about 10 minutes.

Tuesday night:
we left me moms pretty late because of grandma and decided that taking her on a drive immediately would be a good idea since she was already so worked up. (I had been sick all day in bed. We took her over to my moms for her to play and she would not let me leave. thinking that staying and laying on the couch was better than having a screaming child i stayed. Bad idea i still had to take care of her. I should have just gone home.) anyway, like i said since she was so worked up about me leaving her we decided that we wanted to take a drive before we went home. so we did. Eventually she fell asleep and we got her home and she slept in her bed. At about 4 she started to cry again. We ignored her and 10 minutes later she was out.

Last Night:
Reading on the internet that it's a good idea to have a long calm time before bedtime we decided to try it. We turned off the t.v at 8 and gave her a bath that took about 15 minutes. I then put her in her pajamas and brushed her teeth. I then proceeded to read her a bed time story. we then said prayers as a family to round out the time. this all was done by 8:45 and we put her down. She cried again for about 5 minutes and then went down. 2 hours later she woke up screaming. (not crying) assuming it was for her teeth i got her and did the orajel ritual. let her sit with me while we watched a calming show. a few minutes later she showed signs of sleep and we put her down and again she started to wail which eventually turned into thowing up. Having to go and get her we cleaned her up and put her in bed with me again. This was about 11:15. She layed down in the bed for about 10 minutes and then decided that it was time to play. I told her that if she stood up she would be going back into bed. she stood up and i put her down. Wailing started. 15 miutes later patrick went to go and get her and brought her into the bed with me. she layed down for about 10 minutes again and then decided to start to play. I decided that i had had it and we put her down. She then proceeded to cry for an hour. Yes and hour. not just a pitiful whine but a full on screaming standing up cry. every ten minutes or so patrick (Not me because i was so mad) would go in a lay her back down. like i said she cried for an hour. When she stopped it wasn't a dwindling off kind of cry she stopped in mid scream. not kidding. I was afraid that her little heart had finally exploded. not wanting to wake her up just in case she was alive we waited 15 minutes and then went in to check. Sure enough she was still breathing out as thought she had just run the new york city marathon.

We are so mad. we love her but we are not big fans. for the past 4 nights we have not gotten into bed until after 1. we are not happy.

Today I called the nurse at the doctors office hoping to get some advise. I told her what was happening and she then asked what the age was, 3? i told her no 16 months and she said wow starting early. She proceeded to explain that if we didn't nip this in the butt ASAP Audrey would learn that tossing her cookies will cause mom and dad to pick her up and then she will be doing it all the time on purpose. she suggested that you go in and give them a sip of water and then leave. she said the the tears and saliva end up pooling in the stomach during a crying spurt which then causes the little one to couch and since they have a quick gag reflex they throw up. At this age it is uncontrollable it just happens but she will learn to do it on her own.

So now i have a anorexic terrified of her bedroom baby. (Not cool!)

Love,
Elizabeth, Patrick and not cool!