Saturday, April 4, 2009

Flexing His Independence

Lately Grayson has been trying to skip his morning nap. On weekdays, he used to take a 20-30 minute nap in the car on our way to OKC, plus another 30-45  minute nap later in the morning at school. 

Now he maybe takes a 10 minute nap in the car and only sometimes takes another morning nap at school. I still think it's too early for him to completely drop this nap, but Grayson doesn't seem to care about that. 

I was able to get him to sleep this morning, but even as I type this I hear him over the monitor talking to himself. His teachers at school have also moved his crib so that it's now located in a darker nook of the classroom. It seemed to help on Friday so we'll see how it goes next week.

In yet another sign of independence, Grayson is also trying to drop his bedtime bottle. I thought this was typically one of the last bottles to go, but instead of eating the usual 8 ounces he's only taken 3-4 the last two nights. Luckily, he's not waking up hungry in the night so I guess he's getting enough food throughout the day to sustain him. 

These new developments are a perfect example of how things seem to change just about the time we get a routine figured out. 

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