Breathing and Thinking

So, my brilliant idea to lay down and sleep peacefully to ignore the yelling my tummy was doing to feed it has not worked. Oh–you must be thinking I’ve got too much to do or I can’t sleep or maybe I decided to work out. Wrong! While it is true I should use the time when babies are sleeping to clean, do dishes, wash clothes, work out, etc., that is not my cup of tea!

So, two of the three babies went to sleep. L, my one year old foster baby took a little more coaxing than usual. She has a nasty snotty nose and is just miserable. But, after a bit of rocking, she allowed me to ease her into her crib. The little baby fell asleep in the pack-n-play downstairs. So, all that remained was stubborn T, my terrible two year old.

He screamed and screamed and got out of bed over and over and over and over again. I have a baby gate up in his doorway. He stands at it and screams and screams. I try the Super Nanny method of putting him back over and over and over and over and over again. Yeah,  even after hundreds of times of putting him back in, he gets up and gets up and gets up. Ugh!

So, then, I decided to ignore him, figuring he would eventually go to sleep. He often does. So, I laid down on the aero bed in the game room my mother had been sleeping on the last several weeks since my grandmother was in town and sleeping in the bed in the toy room.

T got out his books to read. That would be fine. At least he’s having quiet time. However, he chooses to read all of the musical books. He pushes the buttons over and over and over again. He sings along with them. Then, he claps and cheers for himself.

So, it’s been two hours. L just woke up from her nap, and T hasn’t so much as lain down for more than thirty seconds.

So, I’m stuck. Because I don’t want to teach him that being stubborn and getting up over and over again and playing with fire trucks and choo choo train books long enough will get him out of a nap. But I also don’t want him to spend all day in there.

Suggestions?

Oh yeah–although I got no nap, I haven’t eaten anything!