where are you????

Can you see B in this picture??  I know that you can pretty easily but he is still buried under all of the stuffed animals asleep.  He has started to put all of the stuffed animals that are in his room on the floor (well almost all of them) in his bed with him at night & then proceed to fall asleep with them all; I of course go in & take them out & cover him up but geez kiddo how many "friends" do you need in there spending the night??

& then there's baby C snoozing; so precious & peaceful.

Wordless Wednesday ; Sleepy Time

Cat Nap Hell.........

I have been struggling with our night time routine & some nights I don't think I'm going to survive.  The boys are both wonderful & are happy go lucky most of the time but when it hits 5pm & it is time for B to eat Colton starts to get fussy because he hasn't "cat napped" enough during the day & is tired but of course won't close his eyes & thus begins my night of frustration, tears & heartbreak.

Colton isn't much of a napper & even though I am working at it each & every day it doesn't seem to be changing or getting any better.  I try all day everyday to get him to take at least 2-3 good naps in his crib but I am at my whits end & am about to give up.  He is so different than B with regards to napping & it can get quite frustrating by the end of the day; B was taking two 2-3 hour naps by this point in his little life & making daytime life manageable & I only had 1 little guy at that point now with 2 little men in the house I NEED Colton to nap so that I have one on one time with B.  I am sure that B napped so well in the beginning because he was colicky for hours on end during the night but none the less he was napping & always seemed well rested.  Colton on the other hand will fight sleep during the day like the plague; I have tried to put him in his crib, in his swing, in his vibrating chair, on the sofa (supervised of course), on our bed, & just about anywhere else that I could think of to see if he would nap for longer than 20 minutes at a time.

I know that each child id different & I shouldn't compare them to each other but it is hard not to when they are from the same mom & dad but are so totally different when it come to sleep.  I am actually not much of a sleeper & Lance is so I guess I should have expected this but I just figured what baby wouldn't like sleep??  I shouldn't complain really since Colton has spoiled us up to this point with his nighttime sleep patterns; he is usually down by 8:30pm & asleep until 4am & has been doing this since about 4 weeks old but however good this is for the evenings I need him to nap so that he is better rested for the early evenings as well as (& maybe most importantly) so that I have time during the day with B.

He is not liking this non-sleeping thing that has invaded his space & is taking his mommy from him; he doesn't like this one bit & I can understand why.  He is so used to being able to go & play outside whenever he wants to that now we have to wait for our 30 minute window here & there while Colton naps & it can make an almost 2 year olds heart break.  I have tried every sling known to man with Colton in the hopes that I could just load him up in it & we could go out whenever B wanted to BUT he hates them all...........every single one of the 5 I have tried he has screamed in so that idea has gone out the window.  I am not sure if he is uncomfortable or if the fact that it is a billizon degrees outside is the cause but whatever the reason he hates them all!!  I will bring his vibrating chair out back with us in the mornings so that he can get some fresh air & B & I can play & that always works out nice until B wants to go play out front & we can't because we just can't be that mobile with Colton yet.

Does anyone have any suggestions for my non/cat napper or did anyone go through this & their little one eventually just slept better??  I am heart broken for B & hate that Colton isn't getting the rest that he seems to need.

Damn Time Change........

We were already working to keep Brayden up past 7-7:30 & it hasn't been very easy.  We have been slowly trying to get to 8 but haven't made it there yet; we were thinking that we could get there this week for sure but then Lance reminded me of the time change Saturday evening & I just said s**t & prepared for the worst day on Sunday (luckily we spent the day with family so we were busy all day & B got to play with his cousins all day so he was pretty distracted)!

Yesterday was a way off day; he was up at 5am & then of for the whole rest of the day.  He did manage to stay up until 6:45pm which would have really been 7:45pm the day before but I guess it doesn't work that way because he was up again this morning at 5:15am!  I was & still am confident that I can get him through the day happy, on schedule & to stay up until 8 tonight.

We went to the mall this morning to walk, window shop & then for B to play & keep busy until lunch time & this is what happened on the way home (we only live 5 minutes from the mall).

He was out the second I put him in his car seat; he woke up grumpy but managed to get lunch down & play for a bit before it was time to really nap.  so as it stands he went down for his nap at 11:45 (which is only 15 minutes earlier than usual) & I am crossing my fingers that he sleeps later than the normal of 2.

Wish me luck for tonight!!  I really want him to get a good nights sleep since tomorrow he has to go get tortured..........I mean to the doctor!!

Gonna Be A Long Monday...........

See this cute & adorable kid; can someone please tell him that he wouldn't be so grumpy if he slept through the night?? I really don't think that I have never been as tired as I am right this moment; B is having the hardest time STTN & between the sleep training & packing I am EXHAUSTED!! He woke up for some reason this morning at 2 & didn't fall back to sleep until 3:30 & then was ready to get up & eat breakfast at 5 like normal so we did but at 6 I could tell that he was tired & then the grumpy side of my son reared it's ugly head. I would love to have been able to let him nap this morning since I know he needs it but I have to start getting everything in the car so that we can get to daycare......I don't know what else to do for him when it come to sleep training & I feel like I am some how failing him.

I let him cry for a good while at night & some times he puts himself back to sleep & other times I get up & go in there to give him is binky & then he is back out. He will sleep great one night & then crappy the next & I am sure that on the good nights he sleeps so well because he is tired from the night before but how do I get him to STTN every night??? I can deal with not getting sleep myself but when he doesn't sleep well he isn't himself & doesn't want to do as much (like play). I am at a loss & just don't know what to do to help him...........anyone, anyone??

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Song of the Day: Chantal Kreviazuk - Feels like home

I Swore I Would NEVER.....

Let my baby boy sleep with bumpers in his crib & with a blanket; are you kidding me he will suffocate & die if I do........well I do both!! He HAS to be completely covered up to fall asleep & he HAS to have his cow beside him too so that he can bury/rub his face on it. I will have you know that I do go in & uncover his face when he is finally out!




Song of the Day: Matchbox Twenty- Back 2 Good (Live at Philip's Arena)

Sleep Baby....PLEASE Sleep!!

As I sit here typing I am praying that Brayden will sleep better tonight than he has this past week; I am not sure what has changed but my good sleeper has become an up every 2-3 hours baby boy. B has always woken up & whined a few times a night for his paci but has always gone right back to a good deep sleep once I gave it to him. I have never minded getting up those few times a night that he needed me but now he is waking up & not going back to sleep; he is waking up either in a good mood & ready to play or crying & upset for no less than an hour........either way it has made for a very long week & a very tired momma!! I am going to TRY to let him cry it out tonight & see how it goes..........