Nightmares

We are certain we are the cause of any and all nightmares Morgan will ever have.

See, from birth to 6 months, clipping Morgan's nails was rather easy. I just waited until she fell asleep in my lap and then clipped away. Sometime between 6 and 7 months, however, she gained her independence and would no longer sleep in our arms. She wanted the freedom to move about while she slept, so we started laying her in the crib when it was time to sleep. She took to it wonderfully and has put herself to sleep in her crib largely without fail ever since. Yay for sleep! Boo for trimming nails!

The only ways we've found for trimming her nails since then have been to a) trim them when she's asleep in the car, or b) after she falls asleep, sneak into her room with a flashlight and clip her nails. Yeah, you can imagine how often that doesn't wake her up!

So, our poor daughter has been regularly subjected to waking up in the middle of the night with both her parents standing over her holding a flashlight. If that doesn't give her nightmares, we don't know what will.