December 02, 2005
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.
Posted by Beth at December 2, 2005 03:11 PMLOL. oh man, that is TOO funny. glad she finally slept, though!
Posted by: Judy at December 2, 2005 03:17 PMheehee. yay for sleeping babies. (and mommies and daddies who then get some sleep!)
cute pics
Posted by: suze at December 2, 2005 03:58 PMShe is too cute.
Posted by: kat at December 2, 2005 04:22 PMso 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 at December 2, 2005 04:23 PMOhhhh! 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 at December 2, 2005 04:24 PMI 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 at December 2, 2005 04:28 PMThank goodness she didnt tear it in half!
Posted by: alfredsmom at December 2, 2005 04:35 PMAwwww, she is such a HONEY! How cute!
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 at December 2, 2005 05:03 PMHeh...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 at December 2, 2005 05:51 PMOh my God she looks like a little doll. So did you end up get a percentage of that $20.00?
Posted by: Irene at December 2, 2005 06:04 PMHahaha, she is absolutely beautiful. And I love her hair!!!
Posted by: ava at December 2, 2005 06:09 PMMia, 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 at December 2, 2005 06:34 PMAnd yet what a promising beginning!
Posted by: Queen Of Ass at December 2, 2005 07:00 PMshe's precious. i just want to eat those cheeks right up!
Posted by: patricia at December 2, 2005 07:32 PMWoohoo 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 at December 2, 2005 07:35 PMBeth, beth, beth, beth, beth... she is just GORGEOUS.
Posted by: Stacy at December 2, 2005 10:07 PMI love her expressions - especially the one in the first pic :D
Posted by: Emily at December 3, 2005 04:42 AMCongrats. 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 at December 3, 2005 10:42 AMBelieve 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 at December 3, 2005 11:26 AMyou know...i too would sleep for you if you gave me $20 dollars. :) j/k
Posted by: tiffanie at December 3, 2005 01:33 PMShe'll get it eventually. Also, has her hair gotten lighter? I still love the little mohawk.
Posted by: Dawnie at December 3, 2005 03:38 PMVery cute! Her hair looks red now.
Posted by: erika at December 3, 2005 09:34 PMsee, everybody loves money, even cute baby girls!
Posted by: lizabetty at December 3, 2005 10:50 PMShe looks like a perfect china doll come to life! Beautiful.
Posted by: bd at December 4, 2005 08:54 PMMaybe she's already way ahead of you and just testing to be sure it's not a counterfeit $20 bill ;)
Posted by: Lynanne at December 4, 2005 11:03 PMShe is too cute! I bet that night of sleep was fabulous too!
Posted by: Nicole at December 5, 2005 06:18 AMWow! I can't believe how much BIGGER she is. She's beautiful. Glad you got some sleep too!
Posted by: catbird at December 5, 2005 10:03 AMBribing her to sleep -- I never would have thought of that!
She sure is cute.
Posted by: bad penguin at December 5, 2005 10:16 AMit's amazing how every single thing goes straight for their mouths!!!
cute pics!
Posted by: ali at December 5, 2005 12:41 PMThe things we'll do to get some sleep!
She's such a cutie! Congrats on getting a full nights rest!
Posted by: Sabrina at December 5, 2005 01:37 PMPut your money where your mouth is, eh?
Posted by: Ginny at December 5, 2005 06:01 PMOh 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 at December 5, 2005 09:53 PManything for a night's sleep!
Posted by: joyfish at December 6, 2005 02:07 AMpriceless!
Posted by: Michele at December 6, 2005 10:34 PMVery 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 at December 7, 2005 12:33 PMShe is getting so big!!!!!! She's so cute!
Posted by: Jaime Spadea at December 7, 2005 04:37 PM
