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We are still working on it! We have some progress to report: at night time, usually, Keegan now falls asleep on his own, without extensive rocking or swaddling, and usually with minimal or no crying. It took about two/three nights. The new nighttime routine seems to help as well. Now that is free to move about the crib, he often rolls over, so he can sleep on his tummy or side.

Afternoon naps and middle of the night are another story. We have mix success with afternoon naps: sometime he falls asleep easily, other times he just cries and cries (we set our limit to one hour: after that we pick him up…and yes we are continually checking on him, and comforting him at different intervals, so he is not totally abandoned). Part of the problem is that we don’t have a very consistent nap time. It is hard because he doesn’t have one at daycare, so he is tired at different times. Afternoon naps is when we see most of his acrobatics: in his crying, he flips himself over, rolls, rotate himself. One day I found him sleeping horizontally (parallel to the short side of the crib), with his head nudged in the corner, in the exact opposite side from where I left him. This cannot be comfortable! I caught a picture of him that day, when he just woke up.

where am I???

And we have absolutely NO success in stopping his night wakings/feeding, YET. In all honesty, we haven’t been consistent with that, as we are usually too tired at 3 am, but we are determined to try next weekend (and sleep during the day). Wish us luck.

On the other hand, he is developing more and more every day. He is playing with new toys, such as the uber-cool, soft blocks from Dwell Baby, (gift from Steve and Barbara). He is usually destroying the neat stack mom and dad create, but it is a start.

D is for Darling…or Dude

He is spending more time on his tummy, doing push ups, even lifting his butt and legs. He is moving more and more, mainly backwards, but he also rotates himself, and get around. He may have rolled over from his belly to his back, but we haven’t seen it happening, so we are not sure. It seems to be a matter of weeks before he will figure out how to crawl, or move more efficiently. Mom is not thrilled about chasing him around: he is already constantly in motion now, imagine when he can propel himself!

We also had our first video phone calls with Grandma and Grandpa in Italy: they had some technical difficulties on their camera, but they were able to see the little guy: it was wonderful being able to share all his exploits. It really made us feel more connected. And it is all free…miracle of the new technologies. Thank you Skype!