Not everyone has the luxury of a baby who loves sleeping. I do!!!
When Dekker was freshly born, he slept constantly, like lots of babies. He never really got nights and days mixed up. He just slept. Once that constantly sleepy phase ended, he was still easy to read. If he was crying, but he was dry, fed, and warm, then he was tired and just needed to cry a little. He’s always been pretty straightforward that way.
Nowadays, my son has completely stopped “cueing.” He doesn’t really show me if he’s tired or hungry or anything. He’s very trusting, and knows that I will feed him when its time, or put him to bed on time. I should clarify. If he’s been up for most of the day due to a trip to the city or something like that, then of course he cries, letting me know. But most of those times, I know he’s being pushed and that he’s tired. No brainer.
Most mornings, he wakes up, has his breakfast, and plays on the floor. He used to be falling over tired in about an hour to maybe an hour and a half. These days, he’ll play hard for two hours without showing any signs of fatigue. I know two hours doesn’t seem like much, buts its pretty long for him! So even though he doesn’t cue, I’ve been putting him down for a nap after two hours. Silly baby still loves the swaddle 🙂 He gets out of it every time, but when I lay him down on his blanket and put his one arm at his side to wrap it, he just smiles his content smile and lays quietly. He loooves bedtime! As soon as he’s all wrapped up in his grande burrito, I poke his little hips and he laughs and laughs. We call them his “funny buttons.” I then have to take the happiest little boy in the world and put him to bed when I’d rather just keep playing with him! But I put him in his crib, tell him I absolutely love him, and leave his room. Not a peep for at least two hours. He’s amazing.
Sleeping baby means sleeping mommy and daddy. There are a lot of happy, well rested people in our house.
such a sweet sweet baby….awwwwwwwww….how I love that “leeeeetle” sweet dumpling♥