I've concluded that Hazel is a robot.
You know the one from The Incredibles - the one that has a mind of its own and decided to thwart all authority and run rampant over the tropical island and as anyone tries to fight it, it actually learns and gets smarter and smarter and better at outsmarting its opponent?
Yup - that's her.
The difference being that the robot in the movie actually killed its enemies. She hasn't succeeded in doing that yet.
But I swear - anything - ANYTHING - that is helpful with the usual bedtime/naptime battle we fight daily around here - anything - it only lasts a day or two. (And since it usually takes 2-3 days to figure out what "helpful" might be, the return on my investment is not so hot).
I thought mamas were supposed to love naptime and bedtime. In my head, it was always a sweet, quiet, dimly lit bonding time where songs are softly sung, sweet words are murmured - full of rocking chairs and snuggly blankets and delicious-smelling baby heads.
My reality includes many of those things - snuggly blankets and yummy baby heads and dim lights and soft songs... but they are too often cut short by cries and yells and a baby that is struggling against my arms and rubbing her face in my shoulder because she is So Tired but screams bloody murder when I have the audacity to lay her down to sleep in her bed. And so, I kind of dread bedtime and naptime.
I feel like I must be missing something, some key to parenting, some skill - there just doesn't seem to be any good reason why it should still be so gosh darn hard to put that girl to sleep.
Shouldn't there be something, some trick, that comforts her and makes her feel safe and sleepy?
And shouldn't her mama, who grew her and gave birth to her and spends every day with her be able to figure that out??
*sigh* Parenting robots is tricky business, folks.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
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3 thoughts:
Hang in there Katie. You are doing a great job. I'll be praying for you and Hazel.
Do you think she's getting overtired? That she needs to go down sooner?
I think you've probably tried every trick in the book by now. I'll keep praying! :)
Okay, still no helpful advice here besides that you are a great Mama and keep on keepin' on!
BUT I just had to tell you that I LOVE your analogy and it cracked me up!! I wish that it was not true, but the idea of little Hazel-bot learning each trick is so cute. I guess the bright side is even if she won't sleep she is on track to be a genius?? :)
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