First Test...

Ohmygosh, today was a day to test my new-found 2010 word. Seriously? This early in the game??

Today West has been on one. I don't know if he's teething again or if this rash that just won't go away is really bothering him, or what, but he straight up refused to take a nap this afternoon. And it's not for lack of trying on my part, trust me. I was in there with a bottle, alternately rocking him, letting him 'cry it out' {which, as a side note, worked really well with Eli but does not work in the slightest with West} and swinging him around in back-breaking positions hoping that it would do some good.

No luck.

So I took him downstairs, realized he needed a change {literally the 5th poopy diaper of the day. What gives??}, got him all ready to go and let him run around a little bit to try and wear him out. When he had yawned a sufficient number of times, I took him back upstairs to put him back down.

No luck.

After about 8 minutes of quiet, he started crying, again, so I went in and rocked with him in the rocking chair, singing Love Me Do.

Success!!

He fell asleep in my arms and miraculously stayed asleep when I lovingly set him down in his crib. Knowing that I was in the clear, I tip-toed out of the room and accidentally clicked the knob on the door too loud.

Game over.

He woke right up, started screaming bloody murder, and I seriously just about lost my mind.

But, I became my disciplined self and did not scream "GO TO BED!!" at my poor child. Instead, I got him out and took him to Eli's room to play. So now he's sleep-deprived, cranky, and wants to play.

Wish me luck.

On another discipline note, I did get all of the Christmas decorations down and packed away today. every. single. piece.

Not to mention the dishes. So yeah, I'm working on my goals for the day. :)