Saturday, May 3, 2008

The boy is mobile!

Will is crawling! He started about two weeks ago. We'll post video soon!! He actually does the traditional crawl on his hands and knees, not like an army crawl. It took him a few days to realize he has to move his arms with his knees to actually get somewhere, but once he did, he was off and going! He is very quick when he wants to get something. A few days ago, I went to pick him up from Grandma Mazur's house, and he practically raced to me! He fell flat on his face, of course, because he just can't move as fast as he thinks he can!
Since he mastered this milestone, he is very quickly onto the next: pulling up. He LOVES to be in a standing position. He pulls up on his crib, coffee tables, walls, chairs, the TV, legs, basically anything he can get a hold off. This is very problematic. We have 6 different teeth marks on his crib, about 20 on our coffee table, 3 on our rocking chair, a few finger marks on our TV screen, and several bumps on Will's head. He does not yet know how to fall from standing up. He stiffens like a board and drops straight down on his back. He does not learn, and immediately goes back to standing position regardless if someone is there for him or not. We cannot get a single thing done in the house unless we put him in the exersaucer or his crib. He needs to be completely contained.
With this exciting new world to explore, Will has decided to alter his once cherished sleep schedule. Gone are the days of catching up on my sleep!! He will not fall asleep before 10 pm (although we like to go to sleep around 9!) and wakes up about two times a night, standing up in his crib, crying "Mama Maaaa Maaaaa!" It takes us a few minutes to lay him back down and get him to stay laying down to fall back asleep. Then he decides it is time to start the new day at 5:45 am. I feed him, and have to stick in him the swing so we can get another hour of sleep. Will does not nap until about noon now. He'll sleep for about 2 hours. Then he is up until bed at 10ish unless he gives us a break and sleeps for an hour around 6pm. I am desperate for any baby sleeping pills anyone has!!! I hope that he soon tires himself out enough to sleep the night again. It is sooooo hard to go back to a few hours of sleep a night once I got used to sleeping again.

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