rough night

Last night could have been the toughest time I've ever had putting Camille to sleep.

It was meltdown after meltdown and it was definitely an emotional roller coaster ride for all of us.
Even Cloie.

This was an evening that definitely needs to go down in the books.

Let me preface this by mentioning that she didn't have her normal nap at Grandma's.

Possibly the reason for meltdown city.

7:45 pm

I had noticed her cranky antics while we were checking out at Target, so it was actually good timing.

We were 3 minutes from home and I noticed that she had already conked out in her car seat.

We unloaded the car and I brought her up to her room, hoping her sleep would continue.

Big mistake. This is probably where I went wrong.

I should have left her to fall into a deeper slumber.

She woke up, was no longer in sleep mode and started talking up a storm.

She was told, "Go to sleep" 50 times before I gave up and realized that she was not going to listen to me.
I changed her diaper, brushed her teeth and turned off the lights.

I threw out idle threats of leaving the room a few times, so she can fall asleep by herself and she kept begging me not to leave her.

At this point she was so tired, and started to cry and whine. And cry. And wine.

"Mommy, hold me."

"Mommy, stop talking!" (I'm not saying a word)

"I'm sick and sad."

"I don't like you."

Then I couldn't handle it anymore, and needed to get away from all the noise and her constant crying.
I brought her downstairs to Glen, which didn't help.

I went upstairs and apparently Cloie didn't want to be around the noise either; she came running upstairs.

I heard things like this from upstairs for about 20 minutes.

"No, no, no!"

"I don't want you, I want Mommy!"

"Mommy is my best friend."

That crying episode went on for a about 30 minutes, until I came down and got her a cup of milk to calm her down. After consoling her and calming her down, she was asleep within minutes.

11:05 pm

Can you believe that 3 hour ordeal?

Even as an infant, it was never too hard to get her down and keep her down.

So looking at the bigger picture, this is nothing and I hope these kind of nights happen far and few between.
I don't know what it was that got her acting up, but it was definitely a challenge.

This morning she was just fine, as if nothing even happened last night.

Pretty amazing, huh?
My little girl is amazing.

6 days old