An update (again), this time with pictures!

Let's see.... last night was....interesting. I read an article in a magazine yesterday about sleep "retraining" so I was determined last night to "get 'er done!" Cal did not nap yesterday at ALL, so I knew he was going to be tired around bed time.

At 6:45, we bathed him, read him a book and I nursed him-- time for bed. Well, at least, that's what we thought. Cal had a totally different plan. I put him down at 7:00 and he screamed. I went in and sat next to his crib (as the article said to do) and he screamed even more. He screamed for a solid hour and a half straight. When I went in to check on him, he would grin ear to ear and start this little move that can only be described as jumping up and down while lying on his back..... he was WIDE awake and not ready for bed! So, I gave in (a big no-no, I know), and let him get into his jumper-oo. That is one way for sure to wear the little guy out. At 9:15, I carried him upstairs and nursed him. He fell sound asleep immediately. THEN, I smelled the poo. He pooped while in his jumperoo and I didn't realize it until I was nursing him and he was already asleep. ACK! I carried him into the nursery and changed his diaper as quickly as I could....would you believe the little monster slept through the changing????

I put him down and he was out like a light.....until 1:00. He woke up then and as I was feeding him, the huge storms hit our area. Hank is terrified of lightning an thunder and he had a fit! He was crying and howling non-stop.... not good! I finally got Cal down, but Hank was up for another 2 hours. When he is scared, he bangs his head on my side of the bed over and over and over again while crying. I finally got him asleep (thank you, Benadryl!) at 3:30 and then Cal woke back up at 4:45.

If you take Hank out of the equation, it would have been an okay night.... (how sad is it that I am rationalizing like that?)

Thinking back on all of the issues.... we had daylight savings time and then we had the 2 hour difference in Costa Rica. When we were trying to get him to bed last night at 7, that was 5 in Costa Rica....no wonder he wasn't going down. We just have to work to get him back on NC time. We will get there.... I know we will.

Here are some pictures from lately:

What do you mean I have to go to bed after this? Nah, I'd rather stay up alllll night long....thanks!

Staying up all night is fun! Look at this smile....this is when I was supposed to be napping! (note from momma: it's hard to get too frustrated when he acts like this ALL the time...)

Going to visit the Easter Bunny!!!