February 09, 2006
BoohBah and Coffee
I like my little morning routine of getting up shortly after Husband leaves: pouring a big cup of coffee and settling in with my laptop. Only recently, Daughter has taken to getting up anywhere from 5:45 on to join me. This morning she begged to watch BoohBah, and just a minute ago crawled over the couch to whisper "Mommy! Yogoat!" in my ear. (She enjoys drinkable yogurt...)
So, it isn't as if her getting up is a problem. It does get annoying, if only because of the television. And as we seem to have gravitated to All Things Nickelodeon, it surprises me that Daughter is asking to watch BoohBah.
BTW, NOT liking the whole PBS Kids Sprout network. Not at all, which is why we switched over to Nick in the first place.
Anyway, her getting up at 5:45 beats the hell out of her past antics, which included roaming around the house at 3:00 in the morning. I don't know why she feels compelled to get up so early, but the kicker comes when she downright refuses to take a nap. Her little eyes are rimmed with those blue-black bruise looking rings, and she stubbornly refuses to nap. And worse still, kicks and screams at bedtime.
But then, she's never been a good sleeper. Even as a newborn she refused to sleep on her back, so I felt like Worst Mom Ever when I would allow her to sleep on her tummy. I know, I know, all the info we get is "Back to Sleep!" but she wouldn't sleep on her back or propped on her side. It was tummy or nothing, leaving Husband and I to wake up every 20 minutes or so to make sure she was still alive.
Keep your fingers crossed that she naps today, otherwise I'll be dealing with a blonde haired devil all day.
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Hey, if it's any consolation, my little sissy didn't sleep through the night till two. Yes. Two.
Her stupid mommy kept taking her ba-ba's when she would cry. So, of course the little darling would NOT go back to sleep without one.
I remember those days. ;)
Posted by: thirdee at February 9, 2006 08:48 AMDaughter has been off the bottle for almost a year, so she's not waking up about that. I wonder if she's hungry, you know how two year olds can be so picky, so I try to give her a snack before bed. I don't know, right now it isn't so much of an issue, but it does kind of suck on weekends or what ever, when I don't have to be up so early!
Posted by: GroovyVic at February 9, 2006 09:11 AMThe Lad's usually good about going to bed AND sleeping through the night, which is what makes it worse when (like now) he's sick and doesn't.
Posted by: Brian B at February 9, 2006 09:20 AMThe Blossom didn't sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time until she was 8 months old. Now she sleeps all night and wants to take her naps too. It's like she's making up for the 1st 8 months of not sleeping. Hope she doesn't become insomniac when she starts walking!
Boobah looks just like it's a blob. It looks even less entertaining than Teletubbies, but who knows, the Branch and Blossom think Teletubbies is the coolest thing.
Posted by: junebee at February 9, 2006 02:59 PM