Miracle

Daddy was able to get me to fall asleep within about 15 minutes this afternoon, and with almost no crying. Mommy watched to learn his techniques. She thought it was pretty amazing.

She thinks the most miraculous thing was my being awake and not eating, and not crying. I almost always get fussy if I am awake and not eating. I usually can't just be not crying. In this picture, I am having quiet time with Daddy before falling asleep.

Asleep on a Green Pillow

I was fussy and wouldn't go back to sleep and stay asleep early this morning, so Daddy took over at 7:30am to let Mommy get some more sleep. Daddy can usually get me to go to sleep and stay asleep in 10 or 15 minutes. He needs to show Mommy what his methods are. :)

One thing he does is avoid or minimize jostling me by having me on a pillow rather than hold me in his arms. When Mommy holds me in her arms or has me on the Boppy and needs to transfer me to bed or a flat surface, it wakes me up. In this picture, I'm sleeping peacefully on a pillow that Daddy had me resting on before I fell asleep.

This is a close-up of me sleeping on the pillow. Mommy says that it is for moments like this and pictures like this that makes it all worthwhile.

Sleep = Car Seat + Pacifier + Rigorous Rocking?

Other than a one-and-a-half-hour nap around lunchtime and another 20 minutes of sleeping a few minutes ago, I haven't slept since 7:30am this morning. So Mommy and Daddy finally put me in the car seat and gave me a pacifier. It took about 15 minutes of vigorous rocking with the car seat in the glider, but Mommy finally got me to fall asleep. She said something about "if this keeps up, I'll have bigger deltoids than a heavyweight wrestler". She also turned on the Bose to play the CD with static white noise.

The Monkey Sleeps This Morning, Part II

Mommy says I sleep like a monkey with my head tilted way back because of the curvature of the Boppy. But Mommy doesn't want to try adjusting me because then I'll wake up. I've been awake since 7:30am this morning, and I've finally fallen asleep for more than 5 minutes.

Singing Patty-Cake

Last night Daddy and I showed Mommy how well we sing patty-cake. Mommy thought it was ridiculous but ridiculously cute. She was also amazed that Daddy knew all the lyrics to patty-cake.

Sleeping on Boppy

I like to fall asleep on my Boppy. This is a picture of me asleep on my Boppy on Friday afternoon.

Tummy Time Nap with Daddy

This is me with Daddy on Friday afternoon. Daddy had me doing some tummy time but then I fell asleep.