Prepare to be shocked, SHOCKED I TELL YOU!
Declan is asleep. By himself.
I know, I can hardly believe it myself.
If you're currently scratching your head and wondering, "duh, babies sleep all the time, and there isn't enough room in a crib for anyone else," I have to catch you up to our reality.
For a start, Declan does not have a crib. He sleeps in a bed. My bed to be precise. (Well, our bed when you include my fella.) We co-sleep. While it may not be the best plan for everyone, it is certainly the best solution for us. It has allowed us to get much more sleep as a whole. And, I confess, it's a heck of a lot easier for me to just roll over to nurse him back to sleep than it would be to get out of bed, go to another room, pull him out of bed, nurse him, and hope I can put him back in his crib without him waking again. So, yes, laziness is definitely a factor.
Back to Declan napping, though...
Declan is not an easy guy to coax into sleeping. He fights it, be it bedtime or nap. Trying to get this boy to nap is a chore. (Well, unless you're my daughter who must have some magic juju or something. Declan is asleep within fifteen minutes. It's amazing.) I'll save from the laborious details of what it sometimes takes to get this kid to nap. But trust me, it's work.
Yet today, not so much. Sure, my back is still aching from bouncing on a yoga ball for a good half-hour, but believe or not that's nothing!
Maybe he is finally getting used to the idea that he needs to nap? Maybe letting him play quietly in his playpen before nap time is helping? Maybe this is the only day we'll have such luck?
Whatever the answer, I'm just glad that it's happening now.
Declan is asleep. By himself.
I know, I can hardly believe it myself.
If you're currently scratching your head and wondering, "duh, babies sleep all the time, and there isn't enough room in a crib for anyone else," I have to catch you up to our reality.
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| A sleeping Declan, a wonderful sight |
Back to Declan napping, though...
Declan is not an easy guy to coax into sleeping. He fights it, be it bedtime or nap. Trying to get this boy to nap is a chore. (Well, unless you're my daughter who must have some magic juju or something. Declan is asleep within fifteen minutes. It's amazing.) I'll save from the laborious details of what it sometimes takes to get this kid to nap. But trust me, it's work.
Yet today, not so much. Sure, my back is still aching from bouncing on a yoga ball for a good half-hour, but believe or not that's nothing!
Maybe he is finally getting used to the idea that he needs to nap? Maybe letting him play quietly in his playpen before nap time is helping? Maybe this is the only day we'll have such luck?
Whatever the answer, I'm just glad that it's happening now.
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