Elijah has a new trick. When he wakes up from a nap or in the morning, he sits up in the crib, puts his pacifier in, and doesn't make a peep. Yesterday I thought he was into his fourth hour of a nap. I finally went in to check on him. There he was sitting, sucking away, wide awake. The sleep lines that always cover his face were gone. His eyes were alert and focused. He had been sitting there for quite some time. Doing what? I have no idea. But he was happy.
The only problem with this sitter-upper pacifier bit is that he does it in the middle of the night. And, see, I don't think he knows how to lay back down again. In the middle of the night, he cries. Hard. When you go in there, his eyes are shut. It's as if he is sleeping sitting up -- not knowing how to lay back down and go back to sleep. We lay him back down without him even opening his eyes and off into dream land he returns.
Shoot -- gotta run. Isaac and "Bubby" are into something mischevious. Isaac is giving his "I'm messing with Bubby" little chuckle.
1 comment:
I used to baby sit for a kid who did this. He would wake up from his nap and just be content to sit in his crib to play and talk to himself.
Linda
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