it had to happen sooner or later...

(cell phone pic, sorry for the bad quality)

Well we got home yesterday from Vegas and when it came to time to put Mac to bed he was having a hard time. We both are ok with letting Mac cry it out, it usually works really well for him. Last night was a different story. He was hysterical for a really long time, so hysterical that he was very horse. So Hubs tried to calm him down. Which usually doesn't work and we know that, but we still try to do it so that he knows we are there for him. He didn't calm down so Hubs took him down stairs to watch a movie. He calmed down immediately. After a little while, Hubs told him it was time to go to bed and he does his little cuddle thing where he thinks we won't make him go to bed if he cuddles with us. Hubs takes him up to his room and tries to rock him before putting him down. Mac becomes hysterical again. Hubs put him in his crib and left the room. About 20 seconds later I hear a big thud. And ran to the room to make sure he was ok. I open his door and he is laying on the floor. I was panicked, except that I didn't think he was hurt because he didn't start crying harder when he fell (that might be because he was already crying as hard as he could). I pick him up and he calms down, we take him downstairs to watch tv and let him calm down. Hubs decided to squeeze all his body parts to see if Mac flinched or cried from any pain. Thankfully, he is fine. We then decided to give him some milk and try to put him down again. He fell asleep almost instantly. I was a little freaked out by the whole thing that I couldn't sleep. I was worried he would do it again. So I am just getting into bed a little after midnight, and a few minutes later I hear Mac start crying. He didn't sound hysterical so I let him cry for a little while, but I was just really worried that he would fall out again. So I went in to see if I could comfort him. He didn't want me to do anything but take him downstairs to cuddle on the couch and watch a movie. I refused to do that so he through a huge fit. I am always afraid that I am going to drop him when he act like that so I put him in his crib and I just sat in the rocking chair and ignored him, but kept my eye on him in case he tried to climb out again. I tried to be really still so he didn't think any movement was a reaction to him screaming. He stood at the end of crib screaming and reaching out for me and saying "mama". He then proceeded to move on to wanting daddy and then thought if he threw his blanket out of the crib and screamed for it that I would get it for him and then pick him up. It was actually comical. He as asking for all sorts of stuff. But I was so proud of myself for just sitting there while he screamed it out, I knew he would have to get tired enough to go to sleep. He tried to climb out 3 times and I would just go over and set him back down in his crib. The third time I had to do that he screamed for about 5 more seconds and then stopped mid scream and layed down and went to sleep. When I went back to bed it was after 1:30 am. It took him more than an hour to calm down enough to go to sleep. We were all exhausted this morning. Thankfully Mac slept until 6:30. So far he has only tried to climb out when he is really mad and hysterical. So that gives me a little relief, but really I know it is only a matter of time before he is really climbing out. He is not ready for a toddler bed at all, so I don't know what we will do.