SLEEPING BEAUTY

I'm exhausted.

My little Sleeping Beauty hasn't exactly lived up to her name this week. Of course, she's still a beauty, but ... let's just say I'm exhausted (have I mentioned that yet?).

AA is an absolute pro at flipping from her back to her belly. She has yet to master flipping from her belly to her back. She sleeps on her back. She grows frustrated ... really frustrated ... when she cannot roll to her back to fall asleep. Yet she loves to flip. So rather than sleeping blissfully through the nights, I tend to awake every other hour to loud grunting ... and eventually crying (if I don't act soon enough). I enter her nursery and see my sweet pea on her belly with her head perched nearly above the crib railing. She is wide awake by this time, smiles at me and begins cooing. I tell her it isn't morning and she needs to go back to sleep. I flip her over. She flips back. I flip her over. She flips back and laughs. I suddenly vision how my life will be when she's a teenager. I rock her until she is drowsy, put her on her back and fall back asleep. I do this same routine two hours later.

Tomorrow is my day off ... we will definitely be working on 360 degree rollovers during her wake times!