Big Boy Bed Update

Well, naps have continued to be a struggle but I think we have mastered bedtime. Carter just wishes we would read more than 2-3 books before bed, but besides that I think he's doing well. Home school is still going on during nap time which makes getting him to bed harder since Kelly and I usually work on the subjects where she needs assistance during this quiet time. On
On Tuesday, I had a Dr's appt at 3 (which is nap time but we try to schedule them so Aaron can come too!). Aaron came home a little early so we could ride together and found Carter wasn't asleep so he climbed in bed with him. I walked in to find them sleeping like this.


Everything went well, just waiting for results of my glucose test. I think it would kill me if I found out I have gestational diabetes since I've had really sweet cravings this pregnancy. We are now going every 2 weeks...CRAZY how quickly this pregnancy has flown byyyyyyyyyyy! I've gain 18 lbs so far in 27 weeks--not bad....hoping to keep it down around 25 total (which would definitely beat my total last time of 44lbs with Carter)! Cameron is much more active than Carter. I never really felt Carter move very much so really any movement is a change!
We finally decided on Cameron's bedding. We chose a set from Pottery Barn and the goal was pink!! Now we can pick the paint color (pink!) and start getting her room ready. Having a room ready just makes it all seem more real. :)

Night #4--Sunday Night

After books and prayer, we put Carter to bed at 9pm. Carter stayed in bed...but cried for mommy for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, I went to check on him. He was sitting at the end of the bed, but never got out. I picked him up and held him for 30 seconds. I saw in the mirror that his eyes were closing so I laid him down. I rubbed his hair and his eyes closed. When I got to the door, the floor creaked and he started crying. I stood at the door for 2 minutes and then walked back in and rubbed his hair and he was out. Even though it took him 30 minutes to go to sleep, he never got out of bed. I would say that's an accomplishment! :)

Now, I'm looking forward to nap time tomorrow! :P

Night #3--Saturday Night

Aaron just left for rap practice...He is rapping a remix of the Send me song below with some youth group kids. I was cleaning my closet and felt like procrastinating. Since I've given up Facebook for lent, I figured I'd come update the blog. :P

Saturday's nap took place at my parents house because Carter was there while I went to the quiz meet (and Aaron was already there).

Saturday night, Aaron and I tackled bedtime together. We were at my parents house watching the state game till around 7, had dinner at home and then called Aaron's parents so Carter didn't head to bed till 9pm. This night's adventure started with reading 3 books and praying. Carter wanted Mr. Wuf to sleep with him but eventually asked Aaron to put him back on the shelf. In total, we only put him back in bed 5 times (I think). Aaron suggested that we make him climb back in bed...and that seemed to work well. He eventually decided to stay in bed though it took him a good 30 minutes to fall asleep. I heard him singing some of his favorites: Send Me I go, and a Casting Crowns song Until the whole world hears (He just sings choirs and the O's). I love that guy! Since we were springing forward last night, Carter woke up at 7:10 (which is really 6:10 in old time) so Aaron put him in bed with us and he went right to sleep and slept till 8:30. We had decided the night before to base our service attendance around when Carter woke up. So we went to 2nd service today.

Attending 2nd service had us finishing lunch today around 1:30 so we headed Carter onto a nap around 1:45. Aaron suggested that we close his door for nap time and just leave him (though at night we leave it open). Well it's been 45 minutes and he's still awake. He cried at first and then I heard books flying to the floor. Eventually he calmed down and played with puzzles. I was in the linen closet and I saw Carter sticking his fingers under the door. Then he started throwing something against the wall so Aaron went in and made him get back in bed. Since I've been typing I've heard him say:Dada school, Chanting "Wolf" "Pack", Ei Ei O, Dada hold you,I wanna pee-pee potty. I really wish I had a video monitor just to see what's going on. It sounds like he's playing with legos right now...I'll update later hoping that he does decide to take a nap! :)

I'm back...Around 3pm, I heard a loud bang and Carter started crying like he was hurt. He flipped over his wood chair but appeared to be fine. I asked him if he wanted to read a book in bed...he threw TEN books in bed for us to read. By the time we got through the books, Aaron came home and we were never successful getting Carter to sleep. So no nap took place today. :(

Night #2...

This is more like what I expected. I'll start by saying Carter gets his flexibility from his daddy and his stubbornness/stall tactics from his mommy. These 2 clashed tonight and flexibility lost. He hasn't been so flexible adjusting to the big boy bed. Here's how tonight looked.

Aaron was away tonight on a youth group trip so Carter got a bath and got ready for bed. At 8:30, we climbed into bed with 3 books. We reach each one 1 time except we read I love you through and through twice. Carter requested to read another but I told him only 3 books and stuck to it. So at 8:45, we prayed and I crawled out of bed. Carter was not happy. Below is how the night went...

Attempt 1---I couldn't even get out of the room before he was standing up crying and walking towards the end of the bed. Frightened he was gonna walk off, I grabbed him and laid him back down.

Attempt 2---Same as first but I just stood at the door as he walked to me crying. I went and sat on the cube/chair that I sat on last night and held him in my lap for a minute. He requested a blanket so I grabbed one of the ones he used to sleep with in his crib. Then tried to lay him down, but he fought that and crawled out.

Attempt 3-8---All looked similar...Carter cried and climbed out, poked his head out from the door and said hey. Every time he walked to the door holding that blanket (and he's never been attached to anything before) I walked him back to bed and we did it all over again.

Attempt 9---This was the first time he put his head on my shoulder when I picked him up. He was getting tired of fighting me.

Attempt 10—--I tried to pretend like I didn't see him when he poked his head out. He didn't leave his room, just said a friendly hey.

Attempt 11—--Requested More milk, None given. Just laid him back down.

Attempt 12—--I stood in his room about 30 secs rubbing his back...Left without him crying.As he hears me coming to his room, he hides along the wall but never tries to run away.

Attempt 13---I asked him to get back in bed..he stood at the door holding the blanket. Said "Mommy hold you."

Attempt 14-I patted him on the back and rubbed his hair for 15 seconds and left quiet, he asked me to sit but I left.

Attempt 15—Asked me to sit, I did, he asked to be covered up, I rubbed his hair, he requested milk, No milk given

Attempt 16—I heard him talking in his room.

Attempt 17—Hands me his blanket to put on him

It's 9:30
Attempt 18—Requests milk, I told him I would bring it to him if he was in his bed. He was in his bed when I returned with milk, I heard him talking. I didn't see him for 3 minutes...scared to go peek. He then started singing "send me I go."

Well, its been 30 minutes...I'm gonna assume he's asleep! :)

Only took 45 minutes! :) And I was all alone and very patient!

Nap #1

Today Aaron took off work so we ran some errands and went to the SPCA. Carter enjoyed barking at all the doggies. (And no we're not dog shopping, just going to look with Carter) On the way home Carter fell asleep in the car so Aaron put him in the bed and he stayed asleep. So we haven't gotten the chance to fight with Carter to go to sleep. But I'm sure our time is coming. I think I'm gonna go take a nap now myself! :)

Send Me, I Go

Here's a few songs Carter likes to sing by our favorite Christian rapper 116 Clique: Send Me, I'll Go



I'm a Saint

Night #1---7:45am

I woke up this morning around 7:30 and wondered what Carter was doing. He was quiet so I grabbed the camera and opened his door to see how he was sleeping.

He slept till 7:45am. I heard him trying to open his door (but couldn't) and then he called for me. Night 1 was successful...even though getting him to sleep didn't go as I envisioned.