The Sound of Silence

Scream. Cry. Cry. Fake Cry. SCREAM! Cry. Fake Cry! SCREAM!

Negotiating with my tiny terrorist is difficult. Especially at 2:00 a.m. I'm not on the top of my game, I'm tired and I don't want to wake the neighbors. It's funny, a couple of years ago my husband and I would be going to bed at 2:00 a.m. at the top of our game, not really tired and not caring who we woke up.

Cry. Fake Cry. Cry. Cry Cry.

Tactic #1: Ignore the problem and it will go away. I do and it doesn't.

SCREAM! SCREAM! Cry.

Tactic #2: Good Dad, Bad Mom
Similar to Good Cop, Bad Cop. Aaron rushes to the rescue and tries to soothe Stella and I take her from him and put her back in her crib. Stella laughs in our faces at this failed attempt to go back to sleep.

CRY. CRY. CRY.

Tactic #3: Bait and Switch
Aaron gets Stella, changes her diaper and lets her play with her lightning bug. While she is distracted I slip her some Children's Tylenol. Success!

SILENCE. Beautiful. Ahhhh...BEEP! BEEP! Car alarm? Are you kidding me?! I don't know how, but somehow I know that Stella is behind this.