It's Sev's mum with an update

Isn't Sevvie helpful? If I wash his face, it's the end of the world. But, why should I, when he's obviously so capable? *sigh*

Hi there: It's taken me, what, seven months to figure this freakin' thing out!? Terrible.

In the meantime, I wanted to give everyone a little update on how the boss is doing developmentally. In the last month we decided that, based on his pediatrician's advice, we were going to 'sleep train' him, which essentially meant crying himself to sleep. We prepared ourselves (and the neighbours) and ... it was very anticlimactic. The wonderful little man only took two-three nights to resign himself to bed ... and, at 730pm!!! No longer do I need to pace up and down the street with a wailing baby at 10 or 11 at night.

AND, we get our bed back! I told Adrian that I wanted him to sleep with us for the first six months (which, Adrian being agreeable as he is, had no problem with), and that's what we got. Now, though, is a different story because he's rolling over. Rolling, and rolling and rolling.

Granted, he doesn't roll from one end of the house to the other like some babies, but he's certainly getting the hang of it. And, because he will NOT lay still, bedtime's become a bit of a chore. I though maybe he was trapping himself on his stomach, but no; he's just frastrated. So, he's back to crying for a few minutes every night. The world's a tough place little one; deal with it.

He's also sitting now; for about a minute at a time. Because the weather's been so nice, we've been sitting outside on a blanket in the evening, so he'd had lots of soft practice. The only other thing to report is that I notice today what appears to be a little white pimple on the top gum... I'll keep you posted and, if it's a tooth, you'll see pictures!

Take care all; more pix soonest.

cait et al.