Salvation!!!!

The Christmas and New Year holidays were a little crazy this year. We spent most of the evenings this last season traveling around to different houses and parties. It was fun! But...(there is always a but isn't there) the traveling, noise, confusion, and late nights threw Kaylee's shedule completely out of wack. Up till then, she had been sleeping about 5-6 hours at a time, making it bearable to deal with at night. After New Years, she developed this horribly frustrating habit of only sleeping about 30 minutes at a time and then staying awake for an hour or more before crashing again for 30 minutes. She found this schedule fit her needs perfectly. She got to sleep and then play with Mom or Dad all night. What she didn't realize, being that she is an infant and incapable of thinking outside of her own existance, was that she was slowing driving her parents to madness and early death.

MUST HAVE SLEEP!!!

So last friday I was picking my kids up from my sister's house and Kaylee had fallen asleep. As Stacie and I chatted she laid across my lap unconscious. Now...there were 7 kids (at least) in the house. The TV was blarring, kids were playing, phone was ringing, and the two of us were talking. There was so much noise and confusion it was insane...and there she slept. I looked at Stacie and made some frustrated comment about wishing she would sleep this well at night. Stacie kind of laughed and said..."maybe it is just too quiet in her room at night for her to sleep..."

***LIGHT BULB!!!!***

That night John put a radio in her room on the classical station...which didn't come in very well... and she slept 7 and a half hours...woke up for 15 minutes for food...and then slept another 4 hours! AHAAAAAA! We did a snoopy dance and then headed directly to Target for this little gadget. We had to go to two different stores, but finally found it. It plays MP3s, has lullaby music, white noise (ocean, storm, womb sounds, etc.)...it is awesome. She slept the next two nights very well.

We may have found the way to thwart her efforts to end us! I am crossing my fingers that this continues to work...otherwise my sister will need to work faster on her basement...'cause she will be raising my kids!