Out to Eat

Now that Thomas has dropped that last nap, we can go out to eat. Of course, we have to go for the Early Bird special to get him home in time for his dinner, but at least Mommy and Daddy can go out around other adults :-) Thomas did a great job sitting in his high chair and charming our waitress. She asked if he was always this well-behaved!!! We told her we were already planning to leave her a tip...............

Another Trip to the Zoo

No....I didn't drop the little monkey off! We had a good time and I snapped a picture right as we left home. Check out the new kicks - we're stylin' now!

Dropping the Third Nap?

Bedtimes battles have been getting us down!  Nap dramas continues and is apparently our lot in life, but bed time hadn't been a big deal.  Well, the little boy decided that he would show us what he's made of and started screaming and yelling for a lllllllloooooonnnnnnnggggggg time every night.  My parents were visiting this weekend and together the four of us tried something new yesterday.  He didn't nap very well, but we decided - no third catnap for Thomas. Well, he went to sleep like a dream. Today we kept him up a little longer between his AM and PM nap and then no third nap.  Again, went to sleep easily.  I hope this keeps up.  He's a little crispy by dinner time, but can be distracted and amused and will probably get used to it in a few weeks. In other news, we took Thomas to the zoo for the first time today.  He'd rather watch the people walking by than the animals, but we got a family membership and will be returning soon.

Seven Months Old!

Time flies when you're sleep deprived...uuuummmmm....having fun!

Laughing and Playing

We caught him on tape again!

Growing Up Fast!

Thomas is growing up so fast! Still no teeth, but working hard on getting them out. He's sitting up on his own... he can't get up by himself, but can stay there for quite a while. He's very happy about his newest skill and I have no doubt he will be practicing it in his crib pretty soon.

On the Mend?

Little by little we are recovering here.  Thomas feels better and his mood this morning was the best it's been in a while.  Tom put him down for his 1st nap and he woke up after 20 minutes. We've been struggling with the early nap waking for a few weeks now.  It's a mystery.  The morning nap was good, but the afternoon nap all of a sudden was only 45 minutes. He wakes up and can't go back to sleep. It's not enough sleep for him, and we are at a loss.  Teething could be the culprit, then he got a cold, and who knows if we are being consistent enough with how we respond. This morning, though, he woke up after only 20 minutes.  We decided to let him work it out on his own. Fortunately, after 13 minutes of crying and yelling he went back to sleep. We've decided that we are going to handle the 2nd nap the same way.  Before his nap starts, we'll give him some Tylenol to deal with the teething if he needs it, suction out his nose if he's congested, and then let him work it out.  Our pediatrician has told us to handle this like a sleep training issue and to do what we do at night... so, he'll have to cry some.  Since it's a nap, however, we've picked an ending time for the crying and if he hasn't gone back to sleep, we'll call the nap done and try again later.  I tried this the other day and it didn't work, but he is not the kind of kid who calms down and goes to sleep with us in the room.  Oh boy- he's awake again and not very happy about it.