Our Marathon to a Family: May 2012

Sleep Update

Sleep has been rough lately. Just before Leilands birthday he got sick with a cold that lasted 3 weeks. Then he had the stomach virus. During this his sleep got messed. When sick he would wake usually once, and I just rocked him for a few. Then after the virus he wasn't eating much, but wanted to nurse ALL NIGHT LONG. Not working for me. After he started eating better during the day I had to stop this. It took a night of just letting him cry. He woke 3 times that night and I went to comfort him each time, but when he was asking to nurse, I just laid him in his crib. The next day he took a 3 hour nap. Now he has stopped crying at night and is napping 1 time a day for 3 hours at a time. Works great for me. So I am not sure if it was a typical 1 year old sleep regression or being sick - maybe a combination but I hope this sticks again because I need my sleep.He was also crying more when I put him to sleep but now he is no longer fussing when I put him down to nap or go to bed. YAY for this big boy.

Walking

So Leiland is basically walking ALL THE TIME now. He doesn't fall much and stands on his own just fine from any position. I am even surprised when I see him climb over things, and walk through a pile of toys. Today I offered him milk from across the room and he started crawling over. I didn't realize HOW MUCH he walks until I noticed how strange it was to see him crawling. It was SO cute though and he was SO SLOW compared to walking.