Happy Easter to everyone!
Last Wednesday, I drove down to the beach with Cal and my mom. Eddie was staying back to work (and play golf on Friday morning!), and was driving down later. On the way to the beach, I was talking with my mom about Cal's sleeping and she was convinced that she would be able to "break" him of his sleep habits while we were gone.....
Wednesday night, my mom said she would get up with Cal. He woke up at midnight (right on time!), and I got up with him, but my mom came running in. She shooed me away and said she had it under control. I went back to bed and listened to Cal scream at the top of his lungs until about 12:30. I walked out into the family room and my mom (who NEVER gets flustered) was blown away! She said she had never seen a baby fight sleep like that! She wanted to try for another 30 minutes, so I waited until 1:00 and then went out to get him. My mom was dumbstruck. She thought FOR SURE she would be able to get him down. Now she knows what I have been going through! He went down finally and was up again at 5...
Thursday at the beach was super busy....and Cal did NOT NAP! Everyone tried rocking him to sleep, but he never napped for longer than a few minutes. I think every nap totaled 45 minutes. The crazy thing is, he was happy as could be the entire day! No crying, no fussing, just laughing and smiling at everyone! Go figure! Thursday night, I gave Cal some Tylenol because I really think he is teething like crazy. We fed him dinner, and I also switched and gave him 2 veggies earlier in the day and then for dinner gave him a fruit and some oatmeal. After dinner, he had a bath and then played and played and played. Once he rubbed his eyes, I took him and had him down by 9:00 (later than I would like, but at least he was down!). he stayed down until 6:00! We all celebrated on Friday!
There was a repeat performance Friday and Saturday nights-- it was AWESOME! I thought, are we over this horrible hump?? Saturday night was so good-- he woke up at 5:15, but I fed him and he went back to sleep until 8:45! And we were supposed to go to church at 9! OPPS!
We got home last night (Sunday) and Cal went down without a problem.... but he woke up at 11:30, 2:00, and 5......sigh.
I did have a revelation though: the lamb swing has GOT to go. I am too tempted to use it for naps, and it is not smart of me. We travel too much, this kid has GOT to learn to nap in his crib! That's all there is to it!
This morning, I worked for about 25 minutes to get him down (he was sooooo tired), and he slept for 40 minutes. This afternoon, I put him down and let him cry it out (it took 25 minutes to cry it out), and he's been asleep for 40 minutes now.....we'll see how long it lasts! BUT he is in the crib! PHEW!
And finally, here are some pictures from Easter weekend at the beach:
Cal with his Easter basket!
My two boys
Love my sweet little guy
With a new hat from the Easter Bunny!
