Jacob's Crib
Posted by Missy Roberts at 5:38 PM About Jake
Last night Jacob slept in his room for the first time. I must admit, I did cry when I put him down to sleep. I'm not quite sure why, I guess I was sad knowing that my baby is growing up. He really doesn't fit in the basinett anymore and I have been pushing it having him in there the last few weeks. I did make Bill buy a video monitor so that I can see him anytime I want (without having to get out of bed). Wow, that thing is the coolest thing ever. My cousin Renae has one and showed me hers and she said she loved it. I think I am going to love it too. Jacob did well in his crib...I don't think he knew the difference except that he has way more room now so he can stretch out and not have to hit the sides or the end of the basinett anymore. However, I think I picked the wrong day to finally put him in his crib, because I think he is going through a growth spurt right now. Prior to the last couple of nights, Jake was sleeping through the night. He would go to sleep between 7 and 8 and not wake up until about 5am...but for the last 2-3 nights he's been waking up twice during the night. So last night I put him in his crib at around 9pm (after rocking him to sleep and holding him for close to an hour while watching Dancing with the Stars, one of my favorite shows on TV right now). Then he woke up at 12:30. I thought he had just woken up, not because he was hungry, so I tried patting him back to sleep. When that didn't work, I picked him up and rocked him, when that didn't work and he started to scream his head off, Bill woke up and asked if he was hungry. What a terrible mommy I was because it really didn't cross my mind that he could be hungry. Maybe it was the lack of sleep from the past two days. So I fed him and he was back to sleep. Then he woke up again at 4:30 for another feeding. I put him back in his crib at about 5:30 and then he was up again at 6:30 and this time he was up for the day and I was definitely not ready for him to be awake yet. Fortunately, Jacob has a wonderful daddy and I have a great husband. Bill woke up and got Jacob and the two of them watched Scooby Doo in the morning. Now I don't want to make a habit of Jacob watching TV so early, but that extra 30-60 minutes of sleep for me was wonderful!
another milestone...Jacob is now holding on to his toys and carrying them. Before he would kind of toss them around while he played with them on his back or in the car seat, but now he is really taking hold. he has a pretty good grasp. Yesterday, I picked him up while he was playing with his elephant and usually the elephant would fall, but not this time...the elephant came along too! We are so proud of him and can't wait to see the new things he does everyday!
Mommy and Daddy love you!