Thank you Lincoln, Roosevelt, Nixon, Regan, Bush, and even Obama, for the day off. I love President’s Day and I love getting to spend a Monday with my little dude!
We had a great weekend. The sun was shining and temps were in the 70’s both Saturday and Sunday. A few things we did this weekend:
1. grilled out – yum
2. took lots of walks
3. swung in the park
4. attempted to get Maxwell to take a nap in his crib
One of these things was not as much fun as the others – can you guess which one? Yep, #4. “Operation Crib Nap” didn’t exactly go well. There was a LOT of crying and when (if) he finally fell asleep he would wake up after only 30 minutes. It was exhausting for him and me. I’m not giving up though – have to be consistent and keep going so today will be a continuation of “Operation Crib Nap”. Wish us luck! The only shining point is that Maxwell is a FANTASTIC nighttime sleeper in his crib. He doesn’t cry at all anymore when we put him in his bed for the night and always sleeps all night long without waking. I know he will be a good crib napper soon too – we just need a few days to adjust.
I know you’ve all seen swing pictures before but I couldn’t resist taking some with my phone yesterday.
If there’s any doubt about how much Maxwell likes the swings, just take a look at his face in these next two pics…
Love it! If only I could get those kinds of smiles when we tell him to “say cheese!”. We tend to only get this furrowed brow…
He’s still cute – smiling or frowning!
I hope you have the day off work too! (sorry Robert!) 🙁
Jan says
Whoa – Maxwell is a high swinger! You can tell that he loves it! Wishing him (and you) good naps today!
Jen says
Have a great day off! Good luck today with the naps! We did the cry-out method for Delaney too. Only took a day or two! But now since she’s a toddler she’s back to crying (briefly). She doesn’t want to stop playing but she stops crying after a minute cause she knows crying isn’t going to change anything. Now I think she cries more to let us know that she doesn’t agree with the plan. You can do it!. Hope the transition happens in record time!
LuLu says
Looks like you have a real “swinger” there! Good luck with the naps!