My 1 year old daughter Briani has what I call horror film lungs. When she shrieks, the walls and windows shake. My little girl is as determined and tenacious as her parents (she’s got a lot of my wife and me in her).

The thing about this little girl is that she’s the most stubborn sleeper I’ve ever met. My wife has a little cartoon monkey pajama for her that has a tiny motto tagged to it that reads “I’m not tired.” That’s Briani. If we let her (and we have done this many times because we fear hearing her shriek) she will stay up with my wife and I until well past midnight. Briani has also been spoiled about where she sleeps so on most nights she often stays in our bed.  The biggest problem of all is that my wife hates it that the baby cries when she puts her to sleep in her own crib. (more…)