Monday, September 24, 2007

Sleep, Saucers, and Cereal

Charlie had two good nights of sleep last week-- waking up only twice each night, and both times going right back to sleep once he had his binkie replaced. Typically, he had been waking up once to feed, between 2 and 3 am. He even did really well with sleeping on Saturday, when he spent the first part of his night at the Piedrahitas' while I went to watch John's band play in Newport.

Last night, however, he kept us up all night. I don't know whether it was because we started him on his first cereal yesterday evening (photos to be posted on John's flickr site soon), and that upset his stomach, or if it was just his cough that kept waking him up. He had had a couple of bottles in addition to the cereal right before bed, and we had thought that would put him out for a while. But while he did go down easy, it wasn't but about an hour before he started waking up every 15 or 20 minutes.

The cereal feeding went well, however-- he seemed to really get into it. We will probably just feed him once a day in the evening this week, then start having them also feed him one sitting at daycare each day.

Charlie also has a new exersaucer at home. We put it together on Thursday last week. He really likes to sit in it-- his feet just barely touch the bottom. But he is very interested in some of the gadgets it has around the edge. Last night was the first time he pushed the buttons that make animal sounds on his own. He is adapting to it quickly. I'll post photos of that soon as well.

It's off to bed soon for me-- last night wore me out. I hope tonight goes easier.

--Michelle

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