Lessons Learned

We have learned there are some days that are just quite educational. Some of the lessons we learned today:

1. It is almost a guarantee that when you need more sleep your child will wake up many times during the night.
   
2. No child is too young to con his parents to get in their bed. In fact, the older they get, the better the con.
3. Do not give your child a sippy cup when he's in the middle of a tantrum; it really hurts to get hit in the head by a missile sippy cup. (Now Momma has a nice swollen bruise at her temple to show off.)
   
4. Do not let your child play with the TV control until you've set parental controls lest you look up just in time to notice your 15-month old purchasing an adult film. We are still trying to figure out HOW he got to that screen. (We later learned that he also somehow managed to tape a few random TV shows. He only had the control for less than 5 minutes!)
   
5. As soon as you start taking a shower, your child WILL wake up from his nap screaming to high heaven. This applies for bathroom breaks too.

But the best lesson of all: there is nothing more precious than watching your child peacefully sleeping at the end of a long, long day.