My kids have had many nicknames as infants and toddlers. From Grumpy, Grumpygirl, Little Grumpkins, Beast, Screaming Ball of Fury, Chunky, Peanut, and just sometimes, Princess. But it's time to resurrect one that I haven't needed in a while: "Stupid Baby"
Why oh why must my small one wake up now every night at 3am? She'll wake up, cry, wake up the older one, who then starts crying... Older one will then need to be moved to another room. Small one, we just leave crying to try to train her to get back to sleep.
Suddenly, tonight, her cries suddenly get much more angry. We go down to check. She must have been standing in her crib, kicked one leg though the crib slats, gotten it stuck, and then fallen flat on her back. We find her in there basically hanging from one leg, nearly upside down.
Stupid Baby extricated and put down again, more angry than ever despite her freedom.
OK, after 30-40 minutes, she's finally quieted down. Guess I can finally try to go back to sleep, except that big one should wake up in about half an hour.
The joys of parenthood? BAH HUMBUG