Rest

Oh My goodness my son doesn't sleep. We fought it for a good hour and a half and then decided to get him out of the crib and put him on his bed in his room. Another hour. Actually I drifted off while he stared at the wall as if watching paint dry. And then he rolled over, kicked me a couple of times until I woke up and here we are. So I said, "fine!" and now he's bouncing on his jumperoo and laughing at me that he got his way. Oh man!

I love giving into my child and I hate it. I think there will always be those people that say you shouldn't and those that say that you should. As these days stretch into months I'm finding that the advice from a parent goes only as far as their child's age. Those little nuggets of advice that really seem helpful just don't work anymore. I know that when I meet someone with a four-month old I will be spilling out the wealth of knowledge that I have accumulated these last 8 months, but yeah, it really doesn't mean much.

My son doesn't want to take a nap today.

There could be a hundred reasons why. I fed him too much, I gave him a sweet berry dessert for lunch, he wants to play, he's growing out of his afternoon nap, he is more interested in watching cars drive by, he likes getting his way, he's making a stand for all babies that they won't go down without a fight! I don't know. I really don't care. It's not a matter of why it's just a simple answer: my son doesn't want to take a nap today. And that's fine with me. I've been telling Alice when she says we need to get him into more of a routine, he already is in one. It's called Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night. We are not routine kind of people and each day something new and exciting is about to happen. That's why we get up in the morning. To see what's in store for us. We used to get a lot of people (okay, honestly, a lot of moms) tell us that there needs to be structure to his day: morning naps, afternoons, feedings at this time, changing times yadda yadda yadda! Maybe their right. But how many people can have a schedule where they still have the routine going on? Their life can't possibly be that predictable and simple. I would like to meet these people and see how happy they are. Whether it's because our lives are different each day or because he follows a routine, my baby boy will smile at you every time he makes eye contact with you! So I'm pretty confident he's happy. That's all I need to know.

I just wanted to write some thoughts about how Sam is giving all the cues of wanting to sleep but even at 8 months old, proving that he'll get his way whether I like it or not! Also to let you readers know that I did my first Partial Mash beer brew the other day and now it's time to really start the ball rolling on All-Grain Beery brewing! Unless this beer tastes terrible in which case I will give up all together and never mention home brewing again!