Johnson Baby Update: Kylie May's "Are You My Babysitter?" Day 172

I had accidentally fallen asleep while putting Kylie down, I just now woke and my first thought "The blog!" So the plan was executed just about perfectly last night except for one minor hiccup, Grandpa's shift was supposed to be the home stretch, the final 100 meters before the finish line, but at 8:00 mom was not home. That's right, I was still at work. I ended up staying until about 10:30am, I was happy to get a full 12 hours in, but sad to be home so late. So Kylie's babysitting line up went something like this...Daddy (10:30 - 4:30), Grandma, Grandpa, Melissa (when mommy didn't make it home on time), Mommy, Daddy and uncle Kyle and aunt Melissa (while mommy slept), Mommy and Kyle (while Daddy slept), Kyle (while Mommy fixed dinner and Melissa was at yoga), Melissa and Mommy then Mommy (and she was out). I truly believe "it takes a village to raise a child" or in this case at least 6 adults to watch her for a 24 hour period. What a lucky little girl she is to have so many people willing to take time from their day to play with her :o)

Melissa and Kyle headed out this evening and I took a little time rearranging our bedroom while Kylie slept in the living room. We are trying to find a way to get a CA king bed to fit in our room before we go buy one just to be reminded that when our house was built (1905) CA king beds didn't exist.

One other story I have to tell about today... I hope Craig doesn't mind... and I'm sure he would tell it better but he is at work...so here I go. When I got home this morning I asked Craig how his night went. He started by telling me that Kylie slept well from 10:30 until about 1. At which time he tried to feed her but the bottle was slowing too fast and she was having a hard time (we can't figure out why sometimes this happens) she was frustrated and started to wake more. Then a diaper change and she was wide awake. So the bouncing and walking began, she falls asleep, Craig slowly lays in bed holding her, then does a very gentle roll to the side, Kylie is now resting on the bed, he continues to hold her and she sleeps. That is she sleeps for 5 minutes and wakes up again, so Craig starts over. At about 3:30 am (after multiple failed attempts to get her back to sleep) Craig is exhausted and frustrated, so he does what most dads do in the middle of the night when they are exhausted and frustrated, he punched the bedroom wall! Not just a little tap, oh no, hard enough to make a hole in our drywall. The poor guy said he felt really guilty after he had done it, and of course he turned to Kylie, smiled, picked her up and went right back to being the most patient and amazing daddy ever. I just couldn't believe me ears when he was telling me the story, but sure enough there is a fist sized hole but his side of the bed (needless to say, my rearranging placed our bed in the middle of a big wall making it a little more difficult to punch in the middle of the night).

I hope we can help Kylie figure out this sleeping thing soon. Craig and the support team have one more night to make it through before we leave for vacation, when we get back we are going to see what we can do to create a better routine for our little one so we don't end up needing to patch any more holes in the wall :o)

More to come soon,
Natalie