Life and work has been super crazy around here, but I didn't want too much more time to pass without some updates on Mr. Max! We are in full-on toddler mode these days and Max is practically walking, learned how to climb stairs, does a little bit of sign language at meal time, tries to communicate and occasionally follows simple directions (i.e., "Where is your book?"), and the big one.... HE TAKES LONG, REGULAR NAPS AND GOES TO SLEEP RIGHT AWAY AT NIGHT!!
If you have ever been around Max for an extended period of time during the day or at bedtime, you know that sleep has always been a big struggle (basically little sleep and lots of crying... for Max and Mommy). The only thing that changed was the calendar; and the kid now takes one long nap a day if he's at daycare (usually at least 90 minutes long), and two long naps if he's at home (usually an hour to an hour and 45 minutes EACH). At bedtime we do his routine, plop him in the crib, he fusses for about a minute (more of a "Hey! Where are you going?!" type of fussing) then he lays down and sleeps all night (occasionally a 4:30am wake-up because he's hungry, but then he'll often go back to bed until 6:00 or so).
An answered prayer, a miracle, whatever you want to call it... life is grand, people. :-) Max has always been a generally happy little guy, but now that he's a WELL RESTED little guy, the happiness is bursting out of him and he's a barrel of laughs.
(Now that I have put this out in to the Universe I need to go knock on every piece of wood I can find so I don't jinx it! haha)
Now, it' photo and video dump time....
This is a picture from Max's video baby monitor. If you look closely you can see that he's propped his foot up on the crib bumper in his sleep! haha
