Dear Kate,

I feed you, you scream. I give you your pacifier, you growl and whine. I sway, you flail; I sit, you shriek. I lay you down and you smile and babble and then try rolling and end up crying.

I feel kind of bad for just putting you down to nap yet again, but apparently that’s all you want (while whimpering as you drift off). I would happily do anything you want me to do, but today it just seems that nothing is cutting the grade. If you really need to sleep then please just stay asleep instead of waking up!

I love you, but I am so glad I am going out without you tonight. Daddy can entertain you for a few hours.

Love, mama.