Nap "Schedules" and a June Recap

One thing I haven't quite figured out how to juggle yet is finding the time to write open my computer these days!  Yes, we are starting to have more of a regular routine but we've also been pretty busy.  Owen loves getting out and about and I love getting out of the house myself!  He's started napping on a bit of a schedule (hallelujah!) so we try to plan around it.  A typical sleep schedule is:

6AM:  He wakes up and eats breakfast.  Then, 1st nap! He falls immediately back to sleep until 8 or 9.  Well, we both do.  This is our morning snuggle time.  He falls asleep as I burp him so I lay down in the extra bed we have in his nursery and he sleeps on my chest.  It's probably my favorite time of the day.

11AM:  His 2nd nap, which is generally the shortest of the day.  He sleeps anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.

3PM:  3rd nap!  He usually sleeps for at least an hour.  He's gone as long as two hours, though those have been few and far between.

8 or 9PM: Bed time!  I wish I could say that he sleeps soundly through the night but starting around midnight he starts to wake up nearly every hour.  He cries until I go in and he gets his pacifier back.  He never opens his eyes.  And he does repeated reverse crunches, slamming his legs on the mattress...hard.   But he doesn't fall back asleep until he has his paci...even if he went to bed without it initially.  This is a mystery I can't seem to solve. But it's also why God invented coffee.

Full disclosure:  I haven't read any of the sleep books or forums or advice guides.  This schedule is based solely on his natural patterns.  And it can vary.  Sometimes he'll be sleepy at 10AM and nap then instead of at 11.  Then everything gets jostled around.  But!  If he hasn't fallen asleep on his own by 11 or by 3, I try to lay him down.  If he won't lay down, I at least make sure we have quiet time (no playing/very quiet singing/rubbing his back) and he'll usually fall asleep around those hours.  There have been a few times when he "wins" and misses nap time because he just won't be put down.  But we're just trying to figure it out as we go!

With all that in mind, here are a few things that have been keeping us busy!

A June Recap:

Movie Mondays!

Movie Mamas

Our local theater has Mommy and Me Mondays where they dedicate one new release each week for moms (and dads and caretakers) of babies.  There's a stroller parking lot outside of the theater, a changing table inside and a theater full of crying babies...and we're all ok with it!  We get to go to the movies with our fellow new mama friends.  We've seen Now You See Me, The Internship, Man of Steel and Monsters University.  It's the highlight of my week.

Captivated

And Owen loves it too!  He tends to nap after the previews...if I'm lucky!  Otherwise I get a major arm workout because he loves to jump while watching.

Hike to Griffith Observatory!

Owen went on his second hike earlier this month and seemed to love it. His dad carries him in our Infantino carrier.  O napped on the way back down...which is how I'd love to "hike" if I could!

Father's Day!

 

Owen had a big surprise for his dad for his first Father's Day:  We went to LACMA and he painted his first painting!  And then I framed it and his dad pretty much loved it.  Owen seemed equally excited to present his present.  

Waffle Pajama Party!

This past Saturday was my birthday, which started off with the sweetest snuggles.

Then we had a great group of friends over for a waffle/pajama party! 

Picture missing some late arrivers!

I LOVE waffles and have a heavy duty waffle maker plus I love any excuse to stay in my PJs all day (especially on the weekends) so we combined these passions.

Owen even got to hang out with his bestie!

4 Months Old!

The next day we celebrated Owen's 4 month birthday.  Craziness!  Today we go for his 4 month check up.  I'm anxious to find out his official height and weight.  He's getting so big!  And is full of personality.

Hi. I'm 4 months old now.

Thumb...

He's also found his thumb.  Wah wah.  But he seems to chew on it more than suck on it.  Teething, perhaps?  I'm still trying to replace his thumb with his pacifier whenever I see him doing it.  But he's onto me.  He'll just quietly take out the paci and put his thumb back in.  Why won't he do this in the middle of the night instead of waking up every hour and crying hysterically??

**Posted while he naps...earlier than scheduled.  We had a rough night.  I should not operate heavy machinery today.  If I didn't just jack myself up with a large Americano from the local cafe, I'd be napping too.  Instead, time to get some cleaning done!