More of the same!

Not a lot of new news on the sleep/potty-training front. We DID manage to get Gracie to go to sleep without us in the room... though I hesitate to say that because that will sure enough cause it to change tonight, and she'll need us in there again. It did take one good night of crying... on her part and on mine... but we might have rounded that corner. A little benadryl here and there never hurts. Hey, I did see her nose running a little. Just a little. And, we did manage to get about 3 nights in a row where she didn't wake up screaming, "DADDY DADDY DAAAAAAAAADY!!!" Why is it that even though she screams for him, I have to go up every other time?! Anyway, we did get three good nights of sleep until last night, when I, out of habit I suppose, woke up at 2:00. And could not, would not, go back to sleep. I tossed and turned and tossed some more, till finally at 4:30 I drifted off. For 15 minutes. I was awakend at 4:45 to, "DADDY DADDY DAAAAAAADY!!!!" Now, granted, it was his night to get up with her. But since I was already going on 4 hrs, 15 min of sleep, I thougth I'd do him a favor and go check on her. That, and I felt a little guilty that my tossing and turning woke him up for about an hour straight. Anyway, I got her back to sleep in under 10 minutes, then went ahead and got ready for the gym. In my dilusional state I figured I would feel worse not working out, and getting just about an hour more sleep, than working out on 4 hours of sleep. So off I go to the gym, and feel nauseous the entire time, but determined to get though it and try to squeeze in a nap sometime later in the day. When the girls were babies I used to joke that I was so tired I felt nauseous. Jeff never believed me, but I swear that's how tired I was. Anyway, I did manage a 30-minute cat nap today between dropping Lainey off at school and picking Gracie up, and I felt like a new girl!! I went grocery shopping, played with the girls, I'm writing... amazing what a little sleep can do!

I have already warned Jeff that I will be taking a little white pill to help me go to sleep tonight... immediately after dinner... and am looking forward to hopefully one more good nights sleep before its my turn to get up again. But I really do feel like we're making progress in Gracie's quest to keep us sleep-deprived, and I see an end in sight!

As for the potty training... that's about as far away as I thought the sleeping was at this time last week. She has made it clear that under no circumstances is she giving up her diaper, even going so far as to almost being able to change it herself. (Bad, I know!) But the kid has to be potty-trained to go to summer camp, so she's getting trained one way or another! I'm hoping one of the grandparents will offer that up as her birthday present... hint hint!