Birth Control

Saturday night my sister Bethany and I babysat our two young cousins. Summer is 4 and Emily is 1 1/2. They both had been at our house for awhile so we kinda knew what to expect. Emily is the most compliant baby I've ever taken care of. She listens the first time you tell her, doesn't whine or cry, and could play with a string for hours. Summer, on the other hand, is a little tornado. Love her to death, but oh my goodness. They stayed the night with us Saturday night and to start the evening off, she started crying/whining that she wanted her mommy....for a good 20-30 minutes. ugh. Then it's time for bed. Summer has to sleep with me, otherwise she won't go to bed. We go to bed around 10-10:30 and it's not until 11:30-12 that she finally drifts off to sleep. In that, oh, 1-2 hrs time, she manages to frustrate me to the n-th degree. After her trying to sneek out of bed, stalling with bathroom and drink breaks, switching with Beth to see if she'd sleep, poking me, biting me, jumping on the bed, pulling my covers off, talking incessantly, and me yelling at her, I finally win and she quits trying and goes to sleep. All the while Emmy just snuggles up in bed with Beth and goes to sleep. Never ever have I been tested by a 4 year old like that, but let me tell you what,....I don't want kids right now, that's for sure. She was good enough birth control for me.


disclaimer: Summer is really a lot of fun, just high energy and ornry. I just didn't enjoy bedtime.