Oh, he's still wonderful and happy mostly all the time, but he's totally not falling into any long restful sleep pattern.
I've been successful in working some sort of night time routine.
Bath and a Meal with Bed time following around 8 or 9 every night. Sometimes we are off by a half an hour or so, but that's fine. The first sleep stint usually last around 3 or 4 hours, then it's every two hours. Sometimes less and sometimes he doesn't want to go right back down, so I end up sleep-rocking him. (By that, I mean I usually fall asleep sitting up while rocking him)
What gives?
He's a chunker so while Boo seems to be the nickname that rolls of the tongue the most, we also like to call him 'The Meat'.
Naturally, The Meat needs to keep up appearances so each of these wake periods he eats...a lot. I haven't caved with bringing him into my bed and I'm not going to. I know this would give me a few more hours, but I also learned from past experiences that once done, this is hard to undo.
How long could this possible last?
We started giving him cereal and it makes absolutely no difference.
I mean, he scarfs it down, but he's still wakes up wanting to eat at the same time. I believe I may have created a human garbage disposal. I'm not even sure if the 'cry it out' method would even work in this situation. I would probably only succeed in waking the rest of the house.
For now, I guess I'll just see where we end up. He's almost 5 months, so I think we are still with in the average as far as sleep.
Another little treat The Meat has been testing out is the capacity and limits of his lungs and vocals. He can make such a high pitched sound that it almost silences out for a few seconds in each yell interval. He loves it. It cracks him up. He's totally discovered that voice and must know how far he can take it.
Maybe I'll have a rock star. :)
Just to keep current with brotherly love...
Ryder has been so unbelievable. I had hoped that they would like each other, but all my expectations have been exceeded. Ryder talks to the baby all the time and the baby actually pays attention. He'll say, "Hi, Boo!" and the baby's eyes will light up. They smile at each other and get each other cracking up. When big brother walks around the room, Tyce will follow him around with his eyes.
And sometimes Ryder can calm him down when no one else can. It's fantastic.
I just love watching them interact with each other, it melts my heart. (and I can manage to squeeze in a few chores)
I'm amazed every day.
I just love those two boys.
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