Battles Lost, Battles Won

The Belschner Family sent Colten this Curious George onesie. Doesn't he look so cute with his stuffed animal : >


First I have to thank Christine for helping me change the background of my blog - you're the best! And now on to Colten. . .

On June 30th my sweet baby boy rolled over for the first time! He had been trying to roll over for a few weeks, and he finally did it!!! We were playing on the floor with his keys and rattle and before I even knew what was happening, he was on his belly. I am so happy that Tom was in the living room with us, too! I know that when I go back to school, I will miss so many of his firsts so I am thrilled that we were both there to witness this milestone, however small (to us it's huge : > ).

For those of you who read my blog on a fairly regular basis, you'll remember that I have been trying to get Colten to sleep in his crib, but I haven't been having much luck. I mentioned that the vacuum worked so we purchased an mp3 of a vacuum. Well Master Colten can tell the difference and the CD did nothing more than give me (and probably him) a headache. So then we thought we would try to put a massager under his mattress; we hoped he would like the humming and the vibrating, and it worked - to a degree. By this I mean that we could eventually calm him down in the crib if we rubbed his belly for 30-60 minutes. Then he would sleep for 20-40 minutes. I'm not sure if this is a success, but we took it as one. However, we were burning up batteries so quickly. . . so I invested in an electric massager that we could plug in. But once again Sir Colten decided that he had had enough of this tactic too. It never worked again. Regardless, I am determined to break him of his habit of sleeping on me because school is just around the corner. So I vowed to not let him nap on me, and insisted that he sleep in his crib. . . We are making progress (I think). He still only naps for 20-40 minutes during the day so if anyone has any wisdom about getting him to sleep longer and helping him fall back to sleep on his own once he wakes up, PLEASE SHARE! Last night we had a bit of a breakthrough; he stayed in his crib from 8pm-12:30am. This sounds fabulous and is on some levels but I got no sleep during that time because about every 40 minutes he woke up and needed his pacifier again. So as happy as I was that he was in the crib, I want sleep too : > Today, his naps have not been any longer but he has gone to sleep much more easily than ever before. He's either getting used to the crib or he is so tired from lack of sleep that he can't help it : > Either way, he is in his crib! I never thought that this would be one of the most difficult things I have ever done. I always assumed that babies just naturally slept in their cribs - I guess not.

Sorry if this has bored you, but it's important stuff in the McCutcheon household : >


Colten loves to play in this jumperoo! Thanks Candice!