the jetlagged toddler (liveblogging a bedtime)

January 3rd, 2012

7:52 BED

8:23 Wide awake and screaming hysterically so I go in. He is fine. He wants to go into the LR. I explain that is not happening and hug him. He screams and carries on so I leave

8:25-8:35 Screaming but I was in the shower. Still screaming when I got out but for “Daddy” who is on a work trip (lucky) I go in soaking wet in a towel and tell him Daddy isn’t home, try to get him to lay down. Tell him I’m going to put jammies on and he freaks out

8:36-8:44 Standing in his room calming him down by telling him what we are doing this week while he complains that my wet hair is dripping on his pillow. He is under the covers and cozy when I walk out

8:51- 8:56 making crazy weird noises, possibly when you put your pointer finger over your lips and move it up and down while humming very loudly

9:02 Screaming “ooooooooooh Moooommmmmy, ooooooooooh Moooommmmmy”

9:11 Screaming “Mommy” and alternatively saying weird shit like “Shaky Shaky!” over and over

9:14 “Jackie? Jackie? Jaaaaaaaackie? Jackieeeeeeee? Jaaaaaackieeeeeeeeeee?”

9:16 “Shaky Shaky!”

9:16:30 “Jackie?!!” (crying)

9:17 Wiggles medley consisting of “Hot Potato” straight into “Fruit Salad”, Itsy Bitsy spider in its entirety, ” Jackie? Jackie!”

9:18 Silence

9:19 “Mommy?”

9:20 crying

9:21-9:23 Silence

9:24 Sad ass crying/moaning

9:26 Weird cry-whine where he goes from low notes to high notes up and down the scale.

9:26:30 Silence

9:27 Belted out cry-scream mad/upset thingy. Very Loud. kind of cry-whining going on until…

9:31 Crazy scream continuing into cry-whine where it sounds kind of like he’s talking but not with words. More screaming and more of that up and down scaling which I have grown to almost enjoy.

9:35 Silence

9:36 Crying scales

9:38 Full on screaming as loud as possible. I go in. 1 of his 4 precious blankets is on the floor and he is pointing to it furiously. I feel terrible and hand it to him. He throws it into the crib and continues to scream. He tells me he wants to go into the living room again. I feel less terrible and try to calm him for a while by telling him the following stories, all upon request:

-when he was a little boy and went on an airplane (how timely)

-when he was a little boy and he met Otto (I met his mom for coffee, it wasn’t super long or exciting)

-when he met Mommy (slightly tricky and also now he has babies in his tummy, fyi)

9:51 I walk out saying goodnight

9:51:02 He starts crying hysterically again

10:00 Still carrying on

10:05 Crying really hard and screaming my name so I go in to calm him down. He wants me to stay in there so I talk to him until his breathing is back to normal

10:11 I convince him that if I lay in my bed and he’s in his bed with the doors open its just like me standing in his room

10:12 Silence…

10:14 Silence…

10:17 Silence…

10:20 Silence…

10:30 Silence.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. NOBODYMOVE!

11:00 Woke up crying

To be Continued

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