I’m Home
I’ve started a couple of more interesting posts, but not finished them, and then this crossed my radar. I posted a link to the book when it came out. Now, Samuel L. Jackson reads it.
I wish the book had been around when I was dealing with this bullsh*t. Parenthood in reality is so different from the way “they” say it will be.
Dance with the Reaper 
This book makes me sad. I’m glad my father was patient with me while I struggled to turn off my little brain and go to sleep.
Yes, there were desperate times when my children wouldn’t sleep, and I wanted to pull my (or their) hair out. But they heard stories, or lullabies, or stony silence, or strong admonitions — not words like this — to fall asleep on.
What you are saying resonates as true, but when I played the video for my kid, she cracked up. I think seeing the whole bedtime routine from the parent’s perspective was mind-blowing to her.