Worth Noting

Last night was the first time in about 5 months that Rowan slept through the night. And what happens? I can't sleep!

I have my toes and fingers crossed that this is the start of something really good for him. We've been working very hard at getting him ready for the transition to day care which means slowly weaning him and letting him cry more than we would at bed time or when he wakes up during the night. He is changing so rapidly and the travel we have put him through since he was born has made sleeping harder for him than it should have been. He is an amazing child. He is (we are) blessed with an innate ability to adapt and roll-with-the-punches. He is a perpetually happy little boy who, occasionally now, will throw a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way (that too is innate and he gets that from BOTH John and I.). We have taken total advantage of his easy demeanor and it is our own fault that he has a hard time making it through the night without eating. I know that. Which is why I was never angered or upset by having to be up with him every night for almost a whole year. Truth be told, I will miss our late night feedings but the idea of still getting up with him after his first birth has been stressing me out. I feel like I have been holding him back in the baby stage by not training him to sleep properly. He deserves to be a "big boy". And well, as usual, he has proven himself to be a wonderful learner. It really has only taken 2 or 3 nights of a few tears to get through the night without eating. Maybe I am counting my chickens before they hatch? Ah, probably not. My son never disappoints! He is perfect after all.

Here is a picture of my perfect son hamming it up. I showed him how to play with the bowl once and now he yells into just about anything to see what kind of a reaction he can get out of us. He also LOVES to play peak-a-boo or as we call it (thanks to Addison) "hiding!!".