The Crash

It was bound to happen, but it was hard to know what to expect. It's not that we weren't enjoying Jasmine's enthusiasm for life, exhausting as it was to have a napless 2 year old 4 days in a row. The crash came last night when J woke up @ 10:30 screaming in pain and so angry and inconsolable that Shane was not able to touch her. We gave her some medication but there was no putting her back down for the night. We spent a sleepless night together, her and I, with only a brief spell of sleep around 6 AM. Today was definitely a flashback to the early days of coming home from China, with Jasmine clinging to me like a little monkey and rejecting Shane's affection. The big difference is the 2 year old attitude, demonstrated quite forcefully with NO as a default response to almost everything. We had to toughen up today, making sure the hierarchy in our little family didn't flip-flop to something unrecognizable. We are happy to dote on Jasmine but allow her to be in charge? I think not. We were able to put her to bed early and hope our sleep-deprived sweetheart gets a good nights sleep and affords us all a better day tomorrow.