He who hears baby first: Gets baby first!

Have you ever played this game with your spouse???

You know the one that I am talking about.... It's 2am in the morning.. you have only just gone back to sleep from the last time the baby got up and you hear that unmistakable whimper... again!

So what do you do?? You play the game... Who is going to "hear" the baby first.... Now I will be the first to admit that I have played this game a time a two... but usually only after I have been up two or three times and can't stand the thought of being up for over an hour again!

Anyways... you lay there and wait to see if your Significant Other is going to get up...actually you hope with your entire being that he/she is going to get up... cause come on now.. it's their turn!
You lay there a little longer listening to their breathing... analyzing it to see just how real those deep breathes and snores really are... you peek out with one eye to see if your SO is doing the same... Then after some time has gone by and the poor baby has probably decided that you aren't coming you throw the blankets off and stomp off into the other room... You slam the can of formula down on the counter, make as much noise mixing the bottle as possible and sigh as many times as your lung capacity will allow... all in hopes that these noises will rouse your SO out of his/her "peaceful" slumber... Then you just resign yourself to the fact that your the one that lost this go around... This is the losing side.

The winning side goes a little something like this... You hear the baby scream... again... It startles you and you jump...then you think "Aw crap! I hope he/she didn't notice that I woke up!" So you settle back down into the blankets sigh a cute little sleeping sigh and resume deep breathing/snoring... hopeing against hope that it sounds believable!! You listen to your partner do the same wondering how long he/she will hold out and hope that you win this time... Finally your partner decides that you aren't going to get up and you feel them get out of bed... you open one eye and peek out to make sure when it is safe to let out your breath and relax... Just when you finally relax back into the blankets and close your eyes a crash comes from the other room... a series of sighs..and some banging around... You startle, look around... and realize that your partner has caught onto your ploy and is making his/her anger known... You think... oh well and turn over and try to get some more shut eye.... And plan what you will say when he/she comes back to bed... Usually the old stand by will work... "oh honey... I never heard him crying.. boy! I must be tired..."

Which side do you play?? And is either side really the winner?? The loser may actually be the winner because you get to see that first smile in the middle of the night and hold the baby's hand... and the Winner??? Well are you really the winner if you can't get back to sleep from all that banging??