Horrible Night

It's just after midnight and Simon has been up for over four hours. I started trying to put him to sleep at 9:40. He fussed and squirmed and wouldn't even hear me out. I've since tried to get him to sleep just about every 15 to 20 minutes and he just screams and cries. This is not the evening I had in mind. He just screamed for ten minutes alone in his crib. I'd go in every few minutes and pat him, but that did no good. He was just hysterical. He should have gone to sleep 2 1/2 hours ago. He's overtired and I cannot figure out how to get him to calm down and sleep.

Michael is walking him right now. Uh-oh--he's screaming again. This is a nightmare.

It's now 12:15 a.m. He's fallen asleep upright in Michael's arms. Now what?

Okay, it's 12:55 a.m. He's awake again. He slept for 30 minutes, then woke up screaming. He's all smiles now, though. Silly baby, you should be asleep. You know you're still super tired. Oh, this is going to be a more annoying than usual night/morning.

2:30 a.m. I've been trying to get Simon to go to sleep again since 1:45 a.m. He shows no interest in my plans. His schedule is totally ruined and I have a terrible feeling he won't be sleeping very much for awhile. All my inner resources are spent. I've got nothing left.

2:50 a.m. Nope. I'm going to get hysterical. He won't stop squirming and kicking. I wish I could just let him cry and cry in his crib, but I can't do that.