Practicing Sitting

11.9.08

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Tynan and I were getting ready to go to the bookstore. I dressed him in the cute outfit from Aunt Surae, then sat him up with the Boppy while I got my coat and shoes. The pillow held him up pretty well from the back and sides, so he decided to tip forward instead. Tynan got two books at the bookstore and then fell asleep on the way home, so he hasn't been able to look at them yet! That is okay, I think I hear him stirring now.

Mommy's Little Monster

11.8.08

I bought this onesie when I was barely pregnant, and this is the first day Tynan wore it. For some reason, I had a feeling I was going to have a boy. I wish I had remembered it sooner, it would have been cute for Halloween too.

Later I put Ty in his activity center while I was doing laundry. This is the first week we have used it, and Ty loves being able to see the world from a new perspective. Look at that grin!

Yellow Jammies

11.8.08

Here is munchkin in his jammies, not long after I found him in his crib like this:



A couple of months ago, I couldn't keep him on his tummy for more than five minutes, no matter what I tried. And that was pushing it. Now I can't keep him off! This little boy could care less about the whole "Back to Sleep" campaign.

Pink Cheeks

11.7.08

Ty rolled onto his tummy during the night and then drooled all over the sheet. His cheek was a little irritated by the drool so it was rosy pink for several hours. It looked very sweet and cherubic, but smelled a little bit sour. He didn't seem to mind.

Tynan at Mommy's Work

11.6.08

Tynan came to work because everyone was yelling at me for not bringing him in. (Jeeze, people, I haven't slept more than four hours at a time since June! Ease up already!) Shawn had the day off so I made him follow me to work with Tynan. Tynan was super duper sweet and cute and people threatened to steal him. (They'll think twice when they're trying to get him to sleep through teething pain. . . ;-)

Tynan being cute with Kellie and Carol in the work area

Tynan laughing for Misty

My Little Insomniac

11.5.08

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Well here is Tynan this morning, after sleeping only about 7 hours total all night (definitely not all at once, either) about 15 minutes after we had put him in his crib, sound asleep. When we put him down, he was wrapped in that star blanket and was parallel to the long axis of the crib. So the little squirmer woke up, got out of his blanket, pushed himself upwards and sideways, and got his feet out through the crib bars. Shouldn't his little growing body crave sleep? I know my body does, and I'm not growing! (Okay, I should say I'm not growing up, just out, darnit.) It seems like he goes through phases. For two or three days he won't sleep, will barely nap, and will have us pulling out our hair with entire matched baggage sets under our eyes. Then for the next two or three days, he'll nap constantly and sleep long hours at night, fooling us into thinking things might actually be settling into a pattern. Silly parents. Shouldn't we have learned better by now? -sigh-

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Some people might wonder why we don't have the crib bumper up. "After all," you're thinking, "wouldn't that stop the cutest little squirmer ever from putting as many limbs as possible through the crib bars?" Well, the truth is, we don't have a crib bumper. I know, I know, we're so bad!!! But Tynan came three weeks early and we did not have a crib yet. We were going to put him in my sister-in-law's bassinet and hold off on the crib for a few months. Which would have been a fine plan, if Tynan had liked the bassinet at all. So for several months Tynan slept in the bassinet part of our Pack'n'Play. (You can see it in the post before this one.) But the little chunker has past the weight limit for the Pack'n'Play so we finally got the crib set up and the mattress bought and aired out and sheets bought and washed and isn't that enough? We're working on it, though, don't worry!

The reason I am not sleeping

11.2.08

I keep waking up at night and can't get back to sleep until after checking on Tynan. So I woke up after sleeping four hours and went to check on Tynan early this morning and this is what I found! He was on his tummy with his right arm pinned underneath him and his little neck twisted as far as it could go to the right, with his nose pressed up against the mattress. So not only did he look totally uncomfortable, he was also not sleeping on his back. And his nose was pressed up against the mattress!! I tried to put him back on his back. . . He is a stubborn little guy. So then I couldn't get back to sleep. He slept an almost seven hour stretch last night and I slept only four. If I won the lottery or something, I'd pay someone to watch Ty sleep so that I could finally get some sleep myself. Only I'd probably get up to make sure the person was still awake and actually watching Tynan. . .

Tynan's pediatrician's nurse said I should just have another baby. I guess parents are more relaxed the second time around? I've heard some say that they put Baby #2 down lovingly in the crib, then shut the door and don't come back till morning. I would probably just worry twice as much!

Tynan and his Ducky

I am laughing so loud in this video that you can hardly hear Ty laughing. I can't help it though, he's just so cute! He kept sliding down on the pillow so he doesn't look very comfortable, poor guy.

Whoah scary Halloween!

This is Tynan on Halloween in his "Mummy" shirt. The camera flash gave him super red eye, but I left it to add to the spirit of the day. We didn't go anywhere or pass out any candy. We just stayed home and had a nice day together. That is, it was a nice day, until some crazy lady pulled out her camera. . .

Tynan Laughing

11.1.08

This is so sweet! Tynan in his bouncer with his ducky, laughing at crazy Mommy.