What is it about standing up?

11:30 pm., 12:15 pm., 1:30 am., 2:40 am.,.....and on and on until the break of dawn!! Yes those are roughly the times my groggy grumpy butt was getting up last evening to tend to my youngest daughter. Most of us in this house have been sick for about a week now and last night I think little one started it too :(

She just kept waking up and wouldn't go back to sleep. I tried the "be strong and let her cry it out" routine, I tried the "go in an quickly grab her bottle, refill it, and sneak it back into her" routine, I tried the "pick her up and love her" routine, and I even tried the " hold her and rub her while I tried to get some rest too" routine. The only thing that worked....that ever seems to work was to pace the floor with her.

Why is it when a baby is being fussy and you stand up with them, they are fine. When you sit down it is like an alarm going off. How do they know the second your flabby butt hits the chair? Honestly, it is like they have built in sensors!! I would pace with her a bit, then try to sit down so I could rest and she would wake right back up and the water works would start all over again. All my work in vain just to have a moment where my tush could touch the sofa. Man was I tired and I think times like those, when your getting up and down to make your child happy should count as like 1000 squats, cause' in the middle of the night NO ONE should have to go up and down that many times. So tell me how is they know. Is it an unspoken baby moto? " Never let them sit!! NEVER"