A Step by Step Guide to Sleep for Baby Ellie

Step 1 - Play happy with Daddy . . .

Step 2 - Get some cutie patooty photos made . . .

Step 3 - Begin to show signs of hunger, like eating fingers. Wait for it, wait for it ...

Step 4 - Throw all out hissy fit with Daddy for not getting bottle fast enough.

Step 5 - Eat and roll eyeballs back into head -- thrash about wildly if bottle accidently falls out of mouth. Hold pacifier in case the bottle is empty you'll have something to suck on.

Step 6 - After a VERY loud burp, sit in bouncy chair with burp cloth and make cutie patooty faces for camera

Step 7 - Begin to rub blanket on your face to soothe yourself. Suck madly on pacifier and eyes close to slits.

Step 7 - Very important step in telling if baby is REALLY asleep -- throw hand out to side or up in the air. Known as the "Statue of Liberty" pose

Step 8 - Beautiful sleeping success!

Sleep for two hours, get up for two hours, begin process again.

Parents should clean house, prepare bottles, do laundry, make phone calls, volunteer at school, put in 8 hours of work, mow the lawn, feed the pets, wash the dishes and get a full 8 hours of sleep during this 2 hour sleep process. *snicker* Yeah, right!!