So, is our plight to sit and listen to our children cry at night....

Poor Violet is being subjected to the misery of crying herself to sleep. She's four months old and David and I finally decided it was that time. Ben was subjected to said torture much earlier, but I think we thought, being a boy, he should be tougher.

I remember the first night we let ben cry himself to sleep. It was terrible. We did everything we could to avoide just sitting and listening to him. I think we both took showers. I blow dried my hair. David shaved with his electric razor. It was pure torture. Tonight is nothing less than torture.

David has the fortune of getting to go back to Target where we were earlier to retrieve my cell phone which was left in the dressing room. That was the work of a certain 2 year old who is sleeping soundly amidst the bellowing coming from the next room out of his sweet tiny sister. Ben is an excellent sleeper which I would like to think we can attribute to letting him learn to "self soothe" as the experts would call it.

What a brilliant way to spend a friday night. David and I had these high hopes of being able to spend a peaceful night enjoying quiet conversation with each other, but now we are just sitting and waiting to see who gives in first.