Ups and Downs of Babyhood

I'm getting so behind these days with writing. Trying to keep up with 3 kids but I believe mostly due to the lack of sleep.

I love my dear Tate, but the boy has been struggling in the sleep department. Not conisistenly as some nights he goes to sleep and stays asleep fine, others he deosn't want to go to bed (which I think is just over-tired/stimulated), wakes up and just needs a binki. Last night he wanted to play at 3:30 in the morning-and play with someone. He wasn't very fond of jus the hand on the chest which is the only other way he's been calmed to go to sleep without screaming. So after I plalyed that game for 20 min and went back to sleep only to have him wake a few minutes later so John did 10 min.

We've had enough and I'm documenting because I've found I don't remember what we did with Tyler. I'm not a fan of letting him cry it out, which we did with McKenna. Yesterday after he woke up at 6 am and then didn't want to nap at 9 we let him cry...a lot. I calmed him down a few times and thought he was sleeping only to have him start back up a few minutes later. This morning he slept about an hour and a half this morning and that was reasonable. A few hours later he was tired so I laid him in bed and he went right to sleep-only 45 minutes later he woke up screaming. I could tell he was still tired but he just can't seem to put himself back to sleep. So after calming him down a few times-and feeling myself getting frustrated in the process I put him down and walked away-and did a lil reading in my Baby Whisperer Book. It was the safest thing to do. He "mantra" cried, but not a full scale wale so I think I'm ok with it.

On an upbeat-as it's always best to end on-he got his new lil Space Saver chair. It looks and reclines like a high chair, but it straps to a regular chair. I LOVE IT. Now I won't have to hold him in my lap while I feed him anymore.

He's quite the champ in eating, liking most everything. Peaches, Pears, Peas, Beans, Carrots (sometimes he likes and sometimes not so much) sweet potatoes, bananas, and then rice and oatmeal at each meal. I've been trying to make/puree from fresh fruit & Veg and am currently waiting for my own copy of Ruth Yaron's "Super Babyfood" which a friend of ours has highly suggested. Can't wait for more direction-I'm definitely a rule follower.