The Two Faces of Babycakes

I just put Babycakes back in bed. For the fourth time. She’s been screaming and fussing off and on for the last two and a half hours.

She’s typically a very good sleeper, and she usually goes to bed without making a peep. However, she’s been very cranky and overtired because we had a busy weekend, and she didn’t get her naps. When this happens, she turns from my sweet, lively little girl,

into this cantankerous, owly, disagreeable little creature,

When she’s like this, I cannot please her. Everything I do is wrong,

and she takes offense at everything I say,

She turns up her nose at any food I offer,

and if I try to tell her what to do, she looks at me as if to say, “What, are you kidding me?”

She refuses to take her nap, even though I REALLY need a break from her,

and will never cooperate for photographs,

She goes about the day with a scowl on her face,

and screams and protests when I put her in bed for the night,

When she finally does fall asleep, I fall on my knees from exhaustion, and praise God for the silence…until 3 AM, when she wakes up shrieking, “MOMMY! OUT! WANT OUT!”

It’s a good thing she’s so cute, or I might be mad.

Tagged as: Cakes, Just for Laughs