a day in the life... growing up growing old

Monday, May 14, 2007

broccoli stalks

on sunday evening, 051307, apk ate and enjoyed broccoli stalks. after eating one stalk, a remarked, 'crunchy,' and then asked for more. after four or five, we were out as the meal was drawing to a close. we told him we'd make more tomorrow.

transitions

a couple of weeks ago we bought a bunk bed. now that we have 2 boys, we figured with our three bedroom house, the kids would be bunked together after r sleeps consistently through the night.
i decided to take a couple of days off from work to spend time at home and to help get a's bed built. so on a thursday morning, after waking up at a 'crack of dawn' hour of six (a's been back to his old pattern of waking up at 6am and not really going back to bed), a and i built the bed and were done by 715am. we moved a's crib to the corner of the room, and set the bed against the wall. we weren't sure if a would take to his bed, so we left the crib up for about a week.
that evening, bed time routine was the same: bath, teeth brushing, pj's and then stories. surprisingly, a took to his bed right away. we had stories in bed, and then he laid down for the night.
it's been a week now and a isn't getting to sleep very easily and wakes up after a couple of hours and cries until we come console him.
the good new is that he's not getting out of bed and looking for us, he just cries until we come to see him. another positive is that we've changed his afternoon nap from the couch up to his bed.