A Letter To All Of The Babies

Hi babies,

First of all, thanks for being so fantastic. I mean, you're adorable and tiny and so great, especially when you smile and giggle. Life is better with you in it.

But.

But, here's the thing. When you're not happy? NOBODY IS HAPPY. I understand your frustration, of course. It would be super hard knowing exactly what you want but to not be able to get other people to understand your needs. Why we can't figure out that grunt and gesture means you want food, I don't know.

It's totally understandable that you lose it over food. Definitely.

Losing it over a dirty diaper is in the realm of reasonable as well. If my butt were rubbing against the things that we find in your diapers I'd throw a hissy fit, too. We really should be better at figuring out when a diaper is what is making you crankalicious.

But sleep.

Sleep is where I lose my understanding for your brand of crazy. Here's the thing, sleep is LITERALLY the only thing in this world that you can control. You can't walk over to the fridge and grab what you want to eat. You don't know how to wipe your own butt yet. Heck, you don't even get a say in what you wear. But closing your eyes and going to sleep? YOU CAN DO THAT!

At any time, even!

We adults don't have that option, for the record. We actually don't get to decide when we're going to sleep. Sometimes we have to use toothpicks and caffeine to keep our eyes open through a long meeting or whatever. You, though? You can absolutely close your eyes! Right now! And ten seconds from now! WHENEVER!

That's a whole lot of power.

So, maybe do me a favor. Maybe instead of yelling at grown-ups when you're tired, how about you just close your eyes and do something about that yucky sleepy feeling? You can do it! Without permission! We can't stop you!

Take control, babies.

Sleep whenever you want.

And leave us grown-ups out of your drama.

Much thanks,

That Lady Who Has Been Getting Yelled At By Mila For Half An Hour Because She Wants To Be Asleep

Comments

[AmyLK]

Poor sweet Mila!

[Mary]

Maybe she doesn't know she wants to be asleep? Curious if you are going to do sign language with Mila?

[hello haha narf]

bwaaaaaaaaaahahaha!
ahem. i mean, ummmmmm, sorry you don't get much sleep because mila is mila.
:)