Baby Cuddles

We have been working on having Little Man take naps in his bed rather than on Momma.  For most of his life that has been the only place he will sleep.  During the day he doesn't sleep in his car seat, his swing, his stroller, etc. Even if he's sound asleep, he cries as soon as I set him down.  Also, he won't just fall asleep on me; he requests that I stand and do deep lunges and rocking until he falls asleep. Then I can carefully sit down.  Once he's asleep a good nap is at most usually an hour.  After two days of very short naps in his bed, I think he decided he need to take things into his own hands to get some good sleep around here.  During play time he asked for his paci which is uncommon.  I gave it to him and then sat down on the couch with him to sing some songs.  He scooted down on me, put his head on my chest and his arms around me and went to sleep...for over 2 hours!  He didn't ask to be rocked like he normally does, just figured he'd better go for it fast.  He knew his Momma wouldn't be able to resist his snuggles.  I felt a little like he out-smarted me :)

 

I will note that he is such a good night time sleeper.  He sleeps from 9:30pm until 7:30am only waking up once around 3:00am for a quick feeding.  We can usually expect him to start stirring in his bed between 7:00am and 7:15am in the morning, and then he waits patiently for us to come get him at 7:30am.  He is always full of smiles, loves to kick his feet around and get moving for the day and has lots to talk about with us.

 

Love that I have a cuddly baby!

How can you resist a baby this cute?!