Taking a Stand

With Dave-o's newly found independence, frustration often occurs (in both child and parent). Shortly after he began to crawl, Dave-o discovered how to pull himself up to a standing position. In fact, just yesterday, he began to walk while holding on to the furniture.

These new "skills" have made nap times very hard. I used to be able to lay Dave-o down and he'd fall asleep within 10 minutes. Now, he'll stand at his crib railing and scream bloody murder at the top of his lungs. I go in, lay Dave-o back down, leave, and seconds later he is back to his post. This little game goes on until one of us surrenders. I vaguely remember doing this with the other kids, but can't recall how long the phase lasted. I hope not too long.

GO to SLEEP Dave-o!

Heart Attack

This is the look of a baby who slept through the night for the first time.
From 9:30pm-6:30am

HOORAY!!!!

I awoke at 6am amazed that David still wasn't up. So I got up to check on him. That fear that every mother has when her baby sleeps through the night for the first time was keeping me from going back to sleep.
What I saw when I looked in David's crib freaked me out. His face was white. I touched it and felt coldness. After regaining consciousness, I shook David's head and was relieved when he breathed loudly and moved around.

Phew!

Relief!

Then happiness!

What caused him to sleep through the night?
Was it the cute sleeping bag pajamas?
Was it the bath he had right before bed?
Was it because I didn't snap up his too-small and too-tight onesie?
Was it because we let him cry himself to sleep?
Or was it the chocolate satin pie that I ate an hour before nursing him for the night?

It looks like I'm going to have to have chocolate satin pie every night before putting him to bed.