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Teaching Mia how the world works

Last night, we offered to give Mia $20 if she would go to sleep the first time I put her to bed and stay asleep (more or less) all night. It turned out to be an offer she could not refuse.

Or course, as soon as we paid up she decided to showcase her fairly new talent of picking things up...

... and cramming them straight into her mouth.

Apparently we need to do some work on the concept.

Comments (37)

LOL. oh man, that is TOO funny. glad she finally slept, though!

Posted by Judy | December 2, 2005 3:17 PM

heehee. yay for sleeping babies. (and mommies and daddies who then get some sleep!)

cute pics

Posted by suze | December 2, 2005 3:58 PM

She is too cute.

Posted by kat | December 2, 2005 4:22 PM

so cute! i'm glad you finally got to sleep :)

.. perhaps she took the phrase "put your money where your mouth is" a bit too literally ;)

Posted by kate | December 2, 2005 4:23 PM

Ohhhh! I'd say she's priceless, but that's just not true anymore!

Better open that sweetie a bank account, before she drools her riches away.

Posted by Krista | December 2, 2005 4:24 PM

I use benedryl and my wife dosn't like that I do that. But we all get to sleep ... don't we?

~Jef

Posted by Jef | December 2, 2005 4:28 PM

Thank goodness she didnt tear it in half!

Posted by alfredsmom | December 2, 2005 4:35 PM

Awwww, she is such a HONEY! How cute!

Posted by Nynke | December 2, 2005 5:01 PM

MMMMMM...nothing tastes better than the sweetness of a bribe. LOL.

Thanks for sharing pictures of your angel.

I'm glad you got some sleep last night!

Posted by Colleen | December 2, 2005 5:03 PM

Heh...I like how you took pics of her rather than taking that money out of her mouth!

Just teasing. Glad you all got some sleep.

And is that a patch of red hair now?

Posted by zanie | December 2, 2005 5:51 PM

Oh my God she looks like a little doll. So did you end up get a percentage of that $20.00?

Posted by Irene | December 2, 2005 6:04 PM

Hahaha, she is absolutely beautiful. And I love her hair!!!

Posted by ava | December 2, 2005 6:09 PM

Mia, you gotta hold out for MORE MONEY next time!

She is precious, as always - and I am digging her hair. It really looks red!

And I'm SO GLAD you two finally got some sleep.

Posted by samantha | December 2, 2005 6:34 PM

And yet what a promising beginning!

Posted by Queen Of Ass | December 2, 2005 7:00 PM

she's precious. i just want to eat those cheeks right up!

Posted by patricia | December 2, 2005 7:32 PM

Woohoo on getting some sleep!

Dang, she's cute!

And I must say, twenty bucks for a good night's sleep is a bargain.

Posted by Ms. Q | December 2, 2005 7:35 PM

Beth, beth, beth, beth, beth... she is just GORGEOUS.

Posted by Stacy | December 2, 2005 10:07 PM

I love her expressions - especially the one in the first pic :D

Posted by Emily | December 3, 2005 4:42 AM

Congrats. So very happy for you.

I think a good nite's sleep is definitely worth $20! Mia's Ivy League education will be paid for by the time she's 12 if she keeps this up! heehee.

Posted by Lisa B | December 3, 2005 10:42 AM

Believe me that kid is going to seem like she "eats" money for the next 20 years. Thank god she is so cute and charming and can trick you into not even caring.

Posted by Lisa V | December 3, 2005 11:26 AM

you know...i too would sleep for you if you gave me $20 dollars. :) j/k

Posted by tiffanie | December 3, 2005 1:33 PM

She'll get it eventually. Also, has her hair gotten lighter? I still love the little mohawk.

Posted by Dawnie | December 3, 2005 3:38 PM

Very cute! Her hair looks red now.

Posted by erika | December 3, 2005 9:34 PM

see, everybody loves money, even cute baby girls!

Posted by lizabetty | December 3, 2005 10:50 PM

She looks like a perfect china doll come to life! Beautiful.

Posted by bd | December 4, 2005 8:54 PM

Maybe she's already way ahead of you and just testing to be sure it's not a counterfeit $20 bill ;)

Posted by Lynanne | December 4, 2005 11:03 PM

She is too cute! I bet that night of sleep was fabulous too!

Posted by Nicole | December 5, 2005 6:18 AM

Wow! I can't believe how much BIGGER she is. She's beautiful. Glad you got some sleep too!

Posted by catbird | December 5, 2005 10:03 AM

Bribing her to sleep -- I never would have thought of that!

She sure is cute.

Posted by bad penguin | December 5, 2005 10:16 AM

it's amazing how every single thing goes straight for their mouths!!!

cute pics!

Posted by ali | December 5, 2005 12:41 PM

The things we'll do to get some sleep!

She's such a cutie! Congrats on getting a full nights rest!

Posted by Sabrina | December 5, 2005 1:37 PM

Put your money where your mouth is, eh?

Posted by Ginny | December 5, 2005 6:01 PM

Oh my.

She and my daughter must know each other, for they are exactly the same.

My adorable first born, now almost 3, did not sleep through the night until she was 20 months old and I finally let her cry it out. She took TWENTY MINUTE NAPS her entire babyhood. TWO PER DAY. 40 minutes of frantic quiet time.

I'll warn you that to this day she still wants me with her every chance she gets, and her favorite phrase is "Pick me up!"

I don't know if it's a first born thing or just a personality trait, but I hear you.

She also never took a bottle and I didn't wean her until she was 20 months old when she FINALLY started drinking enough milk to satisfy me that she'd get nourishment.

Hang in there, and know you have a kindred spirit out there. My younger daughter is NOTHING like my first, but then again, she isn't allowed to be!

Posted by Beth | December 5, 2005 9:53 PM

anything for a night's sleep!

Posted by joyfish | December 6, 2005 2:07 AM

priceless!

Posted by Michele | December 6, 2005 10:34 PM

Very cute pictures. I decided to go the other route and tell my 21 month old kid that I will be holding back his future allowance for everything he does bad.

Posted by william | December 7, 2005 12:33 PM

She is getting so big!!!!!! She's so cute!

Posted by Jaime Spadea | December 7, 2005 4:37 PM