Rough Night

Okay, I just have to vent. The kids have been doing so well this week (after a rough week last week as I've changed their nap schedule up completely trying to drop their third nap). Anyway, we had a really great week this week, sleeping much better at nap time now and settling down at night. Until last night! They both screamed for about an hour, nothing we did would settle them down so we finally brought them into bed for about 5 minutes. Abby almost fell asleep the second we laid her down. Jake thought the bed was a great jungle gym and crawled all over the covers and laughing. So, we put them back in their cribs, they had one last scream as we left their room and then finally settled down at 12:45. I thought maybe they'd sleep in a bit since it was a rough night for them, but no, they are up playing in their cribs at the moment. They're almost one...aren't we supposed to be through this stage yet? How will I ever get rid of my baby monitor? They spoiled me by sleeping so well early on, we rarely had any issues, but now we have all sorts of things that interrupt our sleep. Oh well, they're growing up fast and I guess I should treasure ALL the moments. I'll definitely remember them. Oh one side note for all those wives of new babies...yes, my husband was able to fall asleep during all the screaming. Only waking when I woke him to go into their room to help soothe them. I on the other hand had pillows over my head trying to drown out the sounds of their cries. It's the age old question...how do our dear husbands sleep through the sounds of crying babies over and over? Is it that deep down they know we will get up and tend to our babies so they don't have to disturb their sleep?