Light Bulbs Anyone

So, what do you think....when you make a list of baby toys does it look something like this: Building Blocks, Nesting Cups, Noisy Musical Toys, Stuffed Animals, and Light Bulbs? Check. Oops, wait, I mean LIGHT BULBS?! Well yes, at this house, today the list includes them. This morning I go into Izze's room to find her playing quitely with one leg out of her pj's, sitting in a corner pulling on a LIGHT BULB! What the HELL?! Yeah, well, Miss Long Arms pressed her little face against the crib and stretched her arm as far as it would go and reached and pulled the night light right out of the wall! SHe then managed to manuver the 4 by 2 inch light bulb between her 2 inche slats WHILE holding on to it. I have no idea how she mastered it but she did. Thats my girl. One stubborn little NAUGHTY girl! Just like her momma!

And the award for bad mom of the year goes to.....

ME!

Wow. Where to start. I'm one stubborn ASS. Lets start with that. I like to win, I like to be right and I'm in charge in this house! Or so I was until we decided to have a baby! All of a sudden there is someone else controling my body for nine months, then after that I somewhat get my body back and she controls my life. And 99% of the time, thats GREAT. I love it. But today, I am at my wits end!

Izze needs a nap, mommy needs a nap, EVERYONE needs a nap. But now that we have reached this GREAT milestone of standing in the crib (without reaching the one of figuring out how to get back down), naps are near impossible! She is about asleep, I lay her down, this is when she should take a nap. But no, instead she stands and SCREAMS. So I lay her down again, 73 seconds later, a standing screaming baby. I figure, be the nice mom, pick her up, rock her again. Almost asleep, lay her down 39 seconds, a standing screaming baby. I lay her down, she stands and screams. AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. She can't NOT nap, she is tooo tierd. I gave in, I will hold her while she naps. This should work right? NOPE! Moms holding me, it must be time to play with moms eyelashes or pick moms nose or pull moms hair. So I lay her down and this time, she hasn't got up. But she's surely not asleep. She is laying there sobbing until she is ready to puke. And I just don't know what to do, because this is one I'm just not going to win. I can NOT outsmart the 9 month old.