Sleep Bootcamp is a-comin'

We have succeeded in pushing the bedtime back to 8 pm for the entire Barnyard. Yay! But that means Moo wakes up again at midnight. Boooo. And these days after his midnight awakening, he's been getting up again every few hours sometimes every hour.

Which means, the time has come for Sleep Bootcamp. Basically, we're going to make the guest room his and set up the baby monitor. We'll try to tank him up as much as possible before bedtime. When he wakes up, we'll go into his room, comfort him and then leave after a few minutes. And keep repeating the process until he understands that we're right there for him and that nightime is for sleeping. If we're lucky after a few days, it'll work and a good night's sleep will be had by all. If not, the kid will be sleeping in our bed until he goes to college.

I am dreading it. Moo has a hard time settling back down and then gets very very angry if we fail to help him back to sleep. And because we don't speak the same language yet, we usually fail. Why or why can't there be a baby translator. Then he can tell us, "I AM AWAKE, I AM VERY TIRED BUT MY FOOT ITCHES SO SCRATCH IT QUICK SO I CAN FALL BACK ASLEEP YOU IDIOTS" or "I AM AWAKE, I FEEL LIKE DANCING RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU PAT MY BELLY ALL NICE RIGHT THIS SECOND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHANGE MY MIND." It just kills me that the solution is probably just so simple but we can only make lame attempts to try to figure it out until something works and even then I'm sure we never really get it, the kid likely just decides we're idiots and gives up.

Stay tuned.