TONIGHT IS THE FIRST NIGHT YOU'VE SPENT AWAY FROM HOME. IT'S SCARY, BUT OK. YOU'RE STAYING WITH YOUR NANA, SO I KNOW YOU'RE SAFE. YOUR GRANDPA ALAN IS OUT OF TOWN, SO IT'S A TOTAL GIRLS NIGHT SLUMBER PARTY FOR YOU. I KNOW YOU'LL LIKE IT, BUT IT'S STILL SCARY. TONIGHT YOUR DADDY AND I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. I'M SO USED TO PUTTING MY HAND ON YOUR CHEST AS I GO TO BED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE STILL BREATHING (MORBID, I KNOW). EVERY TIME I WAKE UP IN THE NIGHT, I CHECK ON YOU. NOT HEARING YOU CRY TONIGHT WILL BE REALLY WEIRD. NOT ENDING UP WITH YOU IN BED WITH ME WILL BE SAD. YOU'RE SO WONDERFUL.
YOU'RE STILL HITTING – BUT I'M DOING THE TIME OUT THING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO TIME OUT WHEN I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO GO TO SLEEP AND YOU HIT, SO I HAVEN'T DONE TIME OUT THEN – AND WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR CHANGING TABLE AND FUSSING AND SCREAMING B/C YOU HATE YOUR DIAPER BEING CHANGED AND YOU HIT – I HAVEN'T DONE TIME OUT THEN EITHER B/C YOU'RE NAKED. BUT WHEN IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE 2 SITUATIONS, I'VE BEEN PUTTING YOU IN TIME OUT FOR 1 MINUTE. AND IF YOU GET UP, I PUT YOU BACK IN TIME OUT AND START THE TIMER OVER. YOU HATE IT. YOUR DADDY REALLY HATES IT B/C IT MAKES YOU CRY – BUT I HAVE TO GIVE YOU LIMITS. YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT WHEN I SAY NO, THAT I MEAN IT. I'M NOT HURTING YOU, JUST MAKING YOU SIT STILL. BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU HATE IT. LIZ CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF GETTING A PLAY YARD AND USING IT SO YOU WON'T GET UP AND WALK OFF AND IT'D KEEP YOU IN THE "NAUGHTY SPOT". I LIKE THAT IDEA. GOTTA FIND A PLAY YARD ON CRAIGSLIST.

WELL. I GUESS THAT'S ALL RIGHT NOW.
>I LOVE YOU SWEET ANGEL.
♥ MOMMA