There would have to be nights like this

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Hubris, that's all that it was.

We were so proud of our sleeping routine, expecting that good parenting merit badge in the mail any day now. Mia would sleep for 3-4 hours at a stretch during the day, then we'd work our way into an 11:00, 2:00, 5:00 feeding schedule each night. She was happy, we were happy; management and labor were all in agreement.

Well last night she staged a mini revolt. After staying up later than we should have to watch back-to-back episodes of Scrubs, we tried to put her down at 10:05.

10:07 she wakes up screaming. Feed her and put her down again. Three minutes later she's screaming again. Long story short, we changed her diapers three times in an hour and a half (and yes, they were all full), and fed her at least another three times. I tried to take her for a walk around the living room in the dark to calm her down, but that simply enraged her further. She hasn't managed to formulate words yet, but the clear body language indicated something along the lines of:

"I hate you!"
"You suck!"
"You call that a Binky, Nancy-boy?"

Not sure exactly what time it was, probably between 1:00-2:00 in the morning she fell asleep and was down for a good 5 hours.

We'll see how she does tonight, but I think she was just testing us.