The other night, we put Harrison to bed in firetruck jammies. He was totally stoked but I didn’t realize quite how stoked until it was 8:30pm & he was still awake making firetruck siren sounds in his crib.
& giggling.
& kicking the walls between the slats in his crib.
I needed this book:
p.p.s. I had the video up with Samuel L. Jackson reading the mother-f*cking book (not on a mother-f*cking plane, though) & it was awesome but apparently someone got all cranky-pants & I OWN THAT, so it’s not available.
p.p.s. somehow me yelling “It’s mine!” doesn’t work when Harry’s trying to snatch the iPad but it’s legal when you’re a big ol’ company? Life is so not fair.
I have, at this point, proclaimed it far and wide over the Interwebs and the Twitters, but I’ll say it again: Go the F*ck to Sleep and Samuel L. Jackson are the best combination since peanut butter and jelly. Or peas and carrots. Or bread and butter. Take your pick.
After seeing the title of this post, that book was the first thing that came to mind.
There’s actually a whole collection of similar books on Amazon–like “Pat the Zombie”. I kind of want to order them all.
Hahahah I JUST posted this link too! Sooo funny, but it makes me just love kids even more.
LOL This book is priceless!! My husband and I think aobut this book often!! lol
i had a similar moment to this at 2:00am the other night but mine was a 2 1/2 year old screaming for milk…. (normally i would give her some but she’s been having accidents EVERY night for two weeks…layin’ that out there to not sound like a mean mom)
I was just sitting here thinking “aw man see…boys get firetruck jammies”. And I was thinking how awesomely cool that is. Until I realized that it may distracting at bed time.
My little one gets excited by pjs too. He will get up and make noises at 3am… firetrucks, dinosaurs, football, nothing is safe. I have learned to turn the monitor off at night.
OMG, my mom sent me the PDF version of this the other day and I laughed my butt off! This is freaking awesome with Samuel L. Jackson reading it…
So, curious…Harrison is a couple of months younger than my J3 and I have a ton of people pressuring me to put him in a “big boy” bed. Are you getting any of that? I’m resisting like crazy because that would mean instead of kicking the wall between the crib slats he would be climbing everything in sight instead.
oh, God. I refuse to chart the dangerous waters that are the big boy bed. I’m kind of rolling with the idea that he’ll go into a toddler bed either when he a) climbs out of his crib or b) turns 3. Whichever comes first.
I like knowing that while he may be making siren sounds at 8:30pm, he’s caged.
My little guy can climb out of his crib. So that makes things extra interesting.
I saw the author on the Today’s Show earlier this week and thought of my Husband. I must agree Samuel L Jackson reading it was a good match. I don’t often use the “F” word but bedtime sure has a way of adding it to the dialogue going on in my head.
Haha I have read that book many a nights while holding the little one. What time does Harrison usually go to bed? You’re lucky that it’s before 8.30! My big one stays up until like 9.30 now. Ugh
I love that Samuel L Jackson narrates this book! They played it on the radio and I was bustin up in my car!
I have seen this book before, yet had NO idea that Samuel L. Jackson narrated it. The perfect voice to read these words. LOVE!
OMG that is the funniest shit ever!!!!!!!!!! That has got to be the story of my life! My kid will wake up at 5 am (WTF) and be up till freakin midnight EVERY>SINGLE>NIGHT!
Are 3 yr olds too young for nyquil?
OMG – I found this yesterday and sent it to my brother. It is the funniest damn thing ever in the entire universe. Especially his introduction on why he chose to narrate the story. Awesome.
Haha.. Funny as heck!
I watched that last night with my husband- I kept thinking about wanting to send it to Jenny @ What the Blog? to combat the napping strike.
Awww man, I tried to view it, and it says the video isn’t available due to copyright issues.
I saw the pdf of that book a few weeks ago and thought it was hysterical. I had no idea there was a narrated version, though – sweetness!
The pdf version was floating around awhile back – it’s hilarious, although I’m really interested in the sister book “Wake the Eff up and get dressed for school.” I guess maybe the two go hand in hand…the chitlins stay up so late that they won’t get up in the morning…Grrrr.
I’m with you on the big bed – no chance that is happening until she is 3. I’m too selfish about the sleep I do get when she is in her crib. The last thing I need is a kid coming out of her bed every 5 minutes – um, no thanks.
I tried to reply above but the darn button wouldn’t work…
I kid you not, five minutes after I wrote my comment, I heard J3 crying. I had just put him down for his nap, so I went in to find THAT HE HAD CRAWLED OUT OF THE FREAKING CRIB. I promptly banged my head against the wall for jinxing myself and then dropped that crib down to the last notch and took the bumpers out. We’ll see if that works. If not, I don’t know what I’m going to do because I am NOT ready for the big boy bed. I too like mine caged! Ugh.
I WOULD DIE. I will keep everything covered that lowering will do the trick. The Momma found me STANDING on my crib rail at 11 months. I went straight into a double-bed with rails that night.
Harrison’s crib is on the lowest setting, but he still has bumpers & likes to snuggle them. I’ve told him that the moment he uses them as launching tools, he’s lost his snuggle buddies.
You know, because he totally understands & reasons that.
There was a way to download an MP3 with Samuel Jackson reading the book for free.
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00551W570
Then it just stays in your iTunes
I think our boys get together on their secret interwebs that is located secretly on one of their toys and talk about fun ways to piss us off. Because William… he’s totally acting the same way.
THIS WAS H LAST NIGHT. I totally couldn’t have used the book. I was actually repeating those words in my head at about 11pm when he got up to pee for the 8 billionth time.
Wonder if we “more than awesome mamas” could record it in our own voice, put it on repeat and then go sit outside with wine?
I kid…sorta!
happy friday friend! X & O’s!
Oooh! Found a working link for the book (narroted by Jules):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yGDm45niITI
LOL – I SOOOOO need this book right now.
I’m getting ready to move Wesley from his crib to a toddler bed (he’s started using his bumpers to stand on and tries *unsuccessfully* to climb the rail, plus we’re gonna need the crib for Liam in a few months) and I have heard all kinds of horror stories about the transition period…
Plus, the combo of Samuel L Jackson and this book is freakin’ awesome. If only he could come read it aloud every night…