Paxten's Naps

Paxten has been a horrible napper lately. He just doesn’t want to miss all the fun summer action and just fights taking a nap like nothing else. Some days I take a drive with him just to get him to fall asleep for a little while. Today was no exception and he fought taking a nap all afternoon. Well when it came time for dinner and he had to sit in his chair for a little while and not move, the nap won. Before I knew it I looked over at him and he was sound asleep with his head bobbing up and down. I don’t think this is the most comfortable place to take a nap, but wherever he can get one I will take it. He ended up sleeping for about an hour in his high chair. Silly little boy!! I can’t believe he is almost 18 months old. He is growing up quickly and thinks he is all grown up and loves to do things all by himself, even things he can’t quite do on his own, he still tries. He is constantly trying to keep up with Paige and Parker and doesn’t like to miss out on anything. He has been sleeping in his own bed all night long for about a week now and is doing really well. I am very excited to have my bed back to just Matt and I. Now if I can just keep him in there!

Bed Problem

We have a new sleeping problem here at our house and it involves Paige. Up until now she has been a really good sleeper. She slept well when she was a baby and started sleeping through the night fairly soon. I love that about her! Since she has turned "2" she isn't doing as well. One day I thought maybe she was big enough to sleep in a bed instead of a crib. So I changed her crib into a toddler bed and she played on it all day. When it came to nighttime, she would not stay in it. So I waited until she fell asleep and then put her in the bed. A few hours later I heard her bedroom door open (this is about midnight) and in she walks and climbs into our bed. Being the person that I am (and Matt as well) we let her sleep there. Both waking up with aches and pains. We don't want that to happen again. I was thinking it would take 3 nights for her to get used to the new situation. Well after the 2nd night being like the first I gave up and put the rail back on the crib and she slept in the crib the entire night the 3rd night. So maybe she isn't ready for a bed. Well that was about 3 weeks ago. She has slept good since, almost all night every night and I think that is great. Well a few days ago, in the middle of the night I once again heard her door open and wondered what was going on. In she walks and climbs into our bed. That little stinker climbed out of her crib!!!! How did she do that? Matt and I were both in shock! The next day during the day I was in her room and put her in the crib and said, "show me how you get out." She proceeded to throw her leg over the rail and then pull her other leg over until she touched the mattress from the other side. Then she dropped the last foot onto the ground. I couldn't believe it!! She can get out with hurting herself and she isn't afraid to do it in the pitch black of the night. So what do I do about this?? I DO NOT like her in our bed, we just got Parker out of there for Pete's sake, I DO NOT want another kid in there during the night. How do I get her to stay in there all night and not climb out? Anyone, please help!

Sleeping Boy

Since my last post was about Paige and her crazy sleeping I had to post this picture and story about Parker. We were up late one evening and Parker was watching Transformers and was adamant about watching the entire movie before he went to bed. Well after about half of the movie I came into the living room and saw him asleep like this. It was so funny!! He was so tired that he just couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. I had to move him into his bed soon after because I didn't want him to fall off the couch. I sure have silly kids!!

Crazy Napper

A couple of weeks ago, Matt and I were exhausted, happens a lot with 2 kids. We thought it would be great if we could get both kids to sleep for a nap and then be able to take a Sunday nap as well. I fell asleep before anyone else and Matt and Parker fell asleep soon after, but Paige didn't think that sounded fun and must have been wandering around the house for a little while (Now I am a pretty light sleeper and wasn't completely out, so she wasn't in any danger!). I woke up after about 1 hour and noticed Matt and Parker sleeping and wondered where Paige was. I looked all around the house, and even in her room and didn't see her anywhere. As I was walking out of her room, this is what I saw. She must have decided that taking a nap wasn't such a bad idea after all. I just thought it was hilarious that she climbed up in this chair and got in this position and fell asleep. She sleeps in some of the strangest positions I have ever seen!!