Tuesdays with Babies

Every Tuesday a little friend, Pace, comes to play with Karl. Pace is only three weeks younger than Karl and his parents were part of our birth class. Having Pace here for 8+ hours once a week reminds me how thankful I am that I did not have twins! Both boys take naps at the same time. One may think that is a blessing, but in fact it is a curse. Napping at the same time means fussing at the same time because they are tired and both want to be held and rocked to sleep. I can handle that, but what I can't handle is when they both wake up still cranky from their naps and want to be in my arms.

Seeing as I'm not super woman, I have had to be creative in how I keep them happy and next to me.

It kills my back, so I may rethink doing this on a weekly basis.

Karl news:

Karl's sleeping pattern is getting better and more reliable. We take pretty consistent naps and have only been waking once at night to eat. I am pretty lazy in the middle of the night and just pull Karl into bed with us. The only downside is that I wake up with a crick in my neck from sleeping in a strange position. We finally invested in a cosleeper ( one that attaches to our bed and has an open side so we can just place Karl in it without having to sit up and move him around). Last night was the first night we used it and it works like a charm! Karl was in his crib from 12-2a. I fed him at 2 (fell asleep) and woke at 3:30a when I placed him in the cosleeper. He didn't rouse again until 7a!

Karl usually goes to sleep earlier than midnight, but yesterday he joined me at church choir and ended up sleeping on one of the soprano's from 730-9...therefore giving him a second wind.

One last picture- I couldn't resist documenting how chubby Karl's little arms have gotten. :)