J turned one last Monday and this week has been full of
milestones for him. On his birthday he took his first step! It was very
exciting as every parent can attest.
We moved him into his own room. He loves that all of his
toys are in the same place, but is still unsure about sleeping so far away from
Mama and Dada.
When moving the crib I had to take it apart in order to fit
it through the doors. As I was putting it back together in J’s new room he got
really excited that he could crawl in and out by himself (only 3 of the 4 sides
were together). So I figured out how to assemble it for the toddler bed and
instead of placing the mattress on the springs a foot off the ground, I just
placed the mattress on the ground. J got even more excited and instantly began
bouncing around.
Not being in a crib is great for him in the mornings because
he can get up and play without waking Dada or Mama at 6 a.m., but horrible when
he doesn’t want to go to sleep at night or during nap time. Today I was so
frustrated that he wouldn’t stay in bed long enough to nap I set up his
portable crib and had him nap in there. He fell asleep almost immediately.
J has also started picking up a few cute habits that we didn’t
expect. At lunch today, M was eating some French fries and J LOVES anything
potato (just like Dada). M picked one up for him and blew on it to make sure it
wouldn’t burn him and handed it to him. Then J tried to blow on the fry before
shoving it in his mouth! M and I got a good laugh at that.
I will post more soon.
