We've really been working on standardizing our nap schedules for the past few weeks. Some days are better than others, but wow, when Piper and Knox both nap at the same time, it is heaven :) We've also been working on more naps in the crib vs. in the swing or the bouncy chair or on the couch (or on mommy or daddy!) Again with varied success. Piper is a really good napper - in her crib, the swing, even on the mat under the activity gym! And she'll sleep for two hours easily - sometimes even three or four hours.
On the other hand, Knox isn't a very good napper. I guess he takes after his mommy. You can just see on his little face how he's afraid to fall asleep because he might miss something! So he fights sleep until he's overtired, and then gets cranky before he finally passes out. Or I should say, he gets as cranky as Knox ever gets. He's still the smiliest, happy little boy! He wakes up happy and generally stays that way all day, unless he gets really hungry or really, really tired.
Piper is also quick to smile these days, but she is also quick to let us know if she's not getting her needs met! But it's usually just that she's hungry, or gassy, or maybe bored!
We moved Piper into her own crib a couple of weeks ago because the babies were getting too tall to lie cross-wise next to each other in the same crib :) Not to mention that, even completely swaddled, they are both moving around in the crib. Most mornings I come in and someone -often both of them - has moved from lying longwise in the crib to lying almost completely cross-wise. A neat trick without use of your arms and legs (they are still sleeping tightly swaddled in blankets). One day I think Knox completely turned - he started the night with his head at one end of the crib and ended it with his head at the other end of it. We think it shows real patience and determination since they basically make small movements to turn themselves (think of a clock ticking). So this weekend I had to put the bumpers in both cribs because I keep finding Knox with his head right up against the solid side of the crib and I'm afraid he's going to slam his head against it one night in his rotation around the crib!
Here are a couple of pictures showing the evidence (notice how both of them have also worked one arm free of the swaddle!)
I just learned something new. I didn't know that swaddling was currently in use in America. How interesting. And how do they move from side to side in the crib while swaddled? That will keep my mind occupied for a while.
ReplyDeleteI think they must miss each other now that they aren't sharing accommodations.
There's alot of that hair loss thing going around in the extended family, too. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, Knox.
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