long dark night

at 2 a.m. the baby screams. what hurts is not staying up late to get her to go back to sleep, but staying in the dark room in silence rocking her back to sleep. I'd rather be watching my new Mystery Science Theater 3000 boxset while doing this. But that's the kind of distraction that won't let her fall back to sleep. She's a focused child who fights sleep like a champ.