Two Naps?

Brooke went from 3 naps to 2 naps when she was about 6 months old. I decided to prepare Ryan for the transition by spacing out his naps a little. Right now he goes to sleep 2 hours after waking up, so I figured I'd add just 30 minutes and make it 2.5 hours. Books suggest that the first nap is the hardest to move, so I figured I would just push back the other two and leave nap 1 where it was :)

Yesterday he got up at 7 and went to bed at 9, he slept until 10. He went back down again at 12:30 and slept until 3! With a bedtime of about 6:30, there wasnt enough time to take another nap so I decided to just push him until 6:30 and see what happened. He ended up going to bed at 6:15 because he was so tired, but he made it.

Last night he was up at 12:30, 3:00, and 5. Sadly, this was a pretty good night for him. After he woke at 5, he was still sleeping at 7:40. I had to wake him up (which he deserves for all of the middle of the night wakeups he give me). So he was up at 7:40, and down at 9:30. He decided to take a short nap and was back up at 10:15. He went to bed at 1 and is still sleeping at 3.

I think the little guy just transitioned to two naps. How fantastic is it when life just works out like that? Now, back to getting him to sleep through the night ....

Smiley Guy

Ryan is thrilled to be getting over his cold ... To bad he passed it to his sister :(

Future Food Critic?

Brooke wants to "make cookies" every day. Essentially, she means she wants to eat them. She refuses to get her hands dirty and freaks out when she does. So she is good for a little mixing (aka spilling ingredients all over) and that's about it ... Until the finished product. Then she's all about taking credit for the baking and eating as many as she can :)

She is more of a manager than a doer. Perhaps a future food critic or restaurant owner?

Sunday She Said

Brooke is in bed, calls "Mommy!" over the monitor. Mommy goes to her room.
Brooke: Mommy, Daddy is not a nice guy.
Mom: What?
Brooke: Daddy is not a nice guy.
Mom: Yes he is. Daddy is a nice guy.

Scrunches nose, and says with a nasty voice
Brooke: Daddy says "no kleenex in bed!"

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At the zoo, walking around
"I want to see tigers.  Tigers, I love them!"

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Driving in the car...
Brooke: Mommy, turn it off.
Mom: You want the radio off?
Brooke: Yeah.  Its too loud in here.

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Brooke: I need a cookie.
Mom: How many did you have?
Brooke: I had one.
Mom: You had one?
Brooke.  I had one.  Then two.  Then three.