If That Ain't Perfect.....

I don't know what is.

I snuck into Carter's room several times this evening to grab some pictures of him.

He's moving into a big boy bed this weekend - he has no use for the toddler bed. So these are the last pictures of him in his "old" bed.

Sleep

So I used to have a bumper thing in Carter's crib to keep him from rolling onto his face while sleeping. I just looked it up - a sleep positioner. Anyway, it's to incline babies slightly and to keep them from rolling into their face, reducing the risk of SIDS.

(not Carter)

Anyway, I'm not sure what the recommended age is to stop using this sleep positioner, but I just took it out of the crib last week. I think the cut-off age for a risk of SIDS is 7 months, so I finally felt safe in leaving Carter asleep in his crib overnight without his sleep positioner. He's all over that crib!!! I find him asleep in his stomach, his side, his back......even sideways!! He's in napping right now and I had to snap a couple pictures of him because it cracked me up.

I really do recommend this sleep positioner, or one like it, to all moms out there because it really did give me peace of mind knowing that Carter wasn't going to end up with his face in the mattress and no way to roll himself over.

Please explain......

On a normal week day, we put Carter to bed anywhere from 9:00-10:00. He sleeps all through the night, and I have to wake him up at 7:00 in the mornings to get ready for the day. On the weekends, if we put him to bed at that time, he will usually sleep until 8:30, on a good day. Every single time I try to keep him awake a little longer and feed him later, with the hopes of him sleeping a little bit later on those Saturday and Sunday mornings, he's up EARLIER. Like this morning, 6:50. Before the time I would even be waking him up on a week day. Can someone explain this to me?

Playtime

Carter was playing in his Baby Einstein toy the other night during dinner and just had too much fun! So much, in fact, that he just passed out right there in the toy!


Here is Carter modeling Eric's hat. Too cute!

Carter's pink eye is completely gone - though I'm still pumping medicine into him. He generously passed the pink eye on to me, so now I'm battling it. I can't even remember the last time I had pink eye! We were playing around in the extra bedroom last night while I was loading pictures.

Sleeping Baby

I love watching Carter sleep. He's so perfect. His mouth....his eyes....his nose....the way he breathes. It's so calming to watch him. I wonder what he dreams about. I wonder how he possibly wakes up smiling and laughing. Not a care in the world.