So it went like this. We were on vacation in Colorado and the house is full of people. We didn't want to let Grey cry a ton at night and wake everyone up. At one point, he was super fussy so we tried having him sleep in the car seat. Totally worked. Then we kept turning to the car seat whenever he was hard to console, so much so that we would start him out in there. And thus he became dependent on the car seat. We let it continue for a week-ish after we got back, 'cause he aint havin none of that crib bidness. Finally I would start out in the crib and move him to the seat if necessary. Thankfully after a week, crib's the place for him!
His bedtime's now at a normal time, around 8pm. I really can't figure out how it happened, it just sort of worked out one night and it stuck.
Grey slept for 10 straight hours Saturday night. Didn't wake up once. I actually went in at 6am to make sure he was alive (he was). I'm so proud of my little guy. And now that I know he can last all night, it gives me a little motivation to not give in and feed him if he gets upset during the night.
Grey's on a loose 3-4 hour schedule. He's usually awake in two hour chunks. The morning nap is usually pretty good, 1.5-2 hours. The second and third nap take turns being acceptable and being short. No matter when the nap, he generally always wakes up 45ish minutes into it and needs help falling back asleep (if he does at all).
Grey rolled over back to front on Saturday! He'd been teasing us for weeks, his whole body just teetering but that one arm just gets in the way. He finally toppled all the way over and has done it a few times since. I thought that might help him sleep better, since he loves to cling to things and having the mattress to cozy into might be nice, but he did it during a nap and it totally freaked him out. Incidentally, when he's on his tummy, he's started to push up on his heads so he gets his chest up off the ground. Such a strong boy!
He's starting to grab at things. First he stares fiercely, then the batting begins, and finally the desire to get that object in his mouth is at full blast.
He's graduated from grabbing big fistfuls of my hair to little fistfuls of my hair. The pain factor has quadrupled.
Grey has the best smile. Oh man, when I first pick him up and his whole face becomes a smile, I become a big melty pile of happy.
Grey's a sympathetic crier. If he hears Liam or Dash crying nearby, he's sure to join.
He's slightly less spit-up-y than he used to be. Some days are relatively dry, others a downpour.
Do you think his head is a funny shape? I think it looks like a trapezoid.
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