Nanny 911/ Super Nanny

Where is Jo-Jo or Nanny Stella when I need them. I've (yet again) been out witted by a 2 year old.
I've decided to tackle the problem of Andy not falling asleep in his bed today. At nap time, it actually worked very easily. I heard him out of bed, so I went in. Put him back in his bed, hid by the doorway, out of sight. He got out of bed and I silently put him back in. And he stayed there and fell asleep.
However, tonight was a totally different issue. It just became a game. He'd toss his sheet off, then his pillow, and then slither out of bed. I'd put him back in and then hide in the doorway, pretending to open and shut the door (to convince him I was gone). And it was toss pillow, slither out, rinse and repeat. After about 15 cycles, he was just giggling every time I tried. I even broke the cardinal rule and spoke to him, telling him to stay in bed.
So at what point do you just give in and walk away? I knew if I left, I was admitting defeat and that he is in control. But if I stayed, it was just going from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Well you wonder what happened? I'll tell you---I'm blogging and he's futzing.
I'll go back in in a few minutes to check or rather reinstall him in bed. Maybe if I space out my "interventions", it'll be less a game and more a success.
Back to my Nanny 911/ Super Nanny call. In the shows it only takes them 5 minutes to fix the problem. Why can't I just edit this down to 4 tries and he's asleep. I remember one episode where the little girl came out of her room 13 or 16 times but then gave up and just went to bed---in her bed. So why didn't my child do that? Because he's got the two most stubborn parents! No small wonder he's already got a ram-rod will. Easy going yes, stubborn most definitely!

I think, on an up note, I may have solved the pee-pee problem for tonight. I put him in a snap-bottom onsie. He hasn't figured out how to pull the bottom undone yet. So hopefully in the morning, there won't be any puddles.

You might also wonder why I'm blogging so much. For those of you who don't have children, parenting is honestly 24 hours a day. With an infant, I really just nap. Even at night. I nap between feedings. Because anything less than 8-10 straight hours is just a nap. And since I spend so much time on the clock, I have plenty to write about. So tap-tap-tap goes my keyboard.
For those of you who do have children, maybe you get me. Or maybe I'm just muddling through not as well as most or some. But who knows, maybe some of you mommies (or even the one daddy) will realize that you're not the only one who goes through these things. Or it might make you realize, that you ARE a good mom and your child is an ANGEL afterall.
However you take this, feel free to laugh at my expense. Because I'm trying to laugh enough to stay sane.