Worst Night Of No Sleep In A While

UGH - So my monsters sweet darlings decided that neither of them were going to sleep last night. Awesome. Aiden threw the most ungodly tantrum from 9:00 - 12:00.... NOT KIDDING. It all started way before bedtime though. We went out for lunch and when we got there he said he would have the grilled cheese sandwich. Colored like a pro, sat nicely while brother napped making sure not to wake him, and sipped a little bit of lemonade. Well, when lunch was served he wanted nothing to do with eating. OK - Not like this hasn't happened before, because if I have learned one thing from parenting a toddler is he will eat on his own time....Not Mom's or Dad's. As Phil and I, and even Graham (upon waking) ate a nice lunch out at a new restaurant our 2 1/2 year old was expiring - And not slowly either, expiring like milk in the hot sun. So we left, because I refuse to let my child act like a jerk while other are trying to enjoy a meal out.

When we got home he continued resisting lunch and screamed as we tried reading before nap time. He did end up sleeping for a while, but then did the same thing for dinner - You would think this kid would be starved, he had a regular sized breakfast but didn't eat anything else for most of the day minus a few crackers. So when the tantrum at 9 pm started he went into his room. GOOD GRIEF. So he screamed and cried and kicked in his bed for a while - Phil and I both went in at separate times to calm him down, to no avail. So around 11 daddy makes a peanut butter sandwich and poured a little milk for Mr. Disagreeable. Daddy caved and let him watch some Thomas the Tank Engine...Yes - at 11 pm. So he finally eats, got to watch some of his favorite show and then proceeds to fight going to bed. Again. He eventually tired and feel asleep at midnight - Just in time for Graham (who went to bed like an angel 4 hours prior) to show up for his shift.

Phil and I got in bed after Aiden's ordeal - the nanosecond it took for my head to hit the pillow I was sleeping like a rock. Graham woke up at 2, then again at 3. I rocked him for 45 minutes and put him back down - was awake 30 minutes later. What is with these kids?! (Both are teething - how crappy do these teeth have it though, huh? Always getting blamed for the unfavorable actions of kids everywhere.) It just goes to show you that parenting is not for sissies. So then he crapped his pants around 5:30am - what is better than that? So around 6 he went back to sleep - Just in time for Aiden to wake up at 8:00. On the plus side Graham did sleep until 10:30 - and was on his regular schedule the rest of today.

Coolest night ever. NOT.