Rooney is in the process of changing things up again. His solid sleeping through the night basically stopped when he started teething. Other than being woken up, it wasn't that bad because he just needed his pacifier back or needed to be fed. Wham Bam back to bed. Once he started rolling over that's when it became a bit rougher. This kid needs to move! We had to change a few things:
1. When he was put down at night he needed to be bounced, swung or rocked. I mostly had to bounce him though.
2. Instead of getting up once to give him back his pacifier, because he was rolling around and getting up on his knees so much, he would lose his pacifier several times-to deal with this we had to give back pacifier and then bounce.
We got used to this routine, not as good as it used to be, but we knew it could be worse. Now Rooney has started to scoot, pull himself up and eating baby food. He is becoming more independent and is starting to assert it! Now at night he does not want to be bounced, rocked or swung. He just wants to stand or sit. I had to institute a new nightly routine to try and get him to sleep. The new routine is as follows (the new routine coincides with Mike & my dinner which is in parentheses):
1. Bath at night (Mike starts making dinner)
2. Lotion, little baby massage & jammies (Mike is still making dinner)
3. Feed 6oz bottle w/rice and formula while listening to Bed, Bed, Bed (Mike is finishing dinner/plating meal)
4. Put Rooney down for bed/Shoo out dogs (Susan gets drinks for dinner, turns on baby monitor & Mike brings out dinner)
Now our routine will be first & Rooney's will be in parentheses:
5. Sit down to eat, dogs hover at feet (Rooney is rolling over, getting on knees and/or trying to stand in crib)
6. Take bite of delicious dinner (Rooney starts moaning)
7. Get up to tend to baby/Susan or Mike is guarding each other's food from dogs (Rooney is now moaning and/or crying)
8. Sit down & take 2nd bite of dinner (Rooney starts moaning)
9. Get up to tend to baby/Susan or Mike is guarding each other's food from dogs (Rooney is now moaning and/or crying)
10. Sit down & take 3rd bite of dinner (Rooney starts moaning)
11. Inhale dinner while luke warm (Rooney is wailing)
This goes on for a little while but eventually Rooney does go to sleep & Mike and I can catch up on a little TiVo. This little scenario normally starts again just as we're just about to fall asleep a couple hours later.
We know we've still been let off easy, compared to some other parents, and Rooney is very sweet to sleep 10 hours straight every once in awhile and throw us a bone.
2 comments:
Great story and pics, thanks! You didn't mention the phone ringing while you take your second bite of dinner - this usually happens to us, and it's someone trying to sell us something or get a donation. But maybe you just ignore the phone, which is a good idea unless it's us calling from a time zone 2 hours later, in which case you should answer. But it's good that you are getting used to changes in your routine, because I think it's going to continue for at least another 17 or 18 years.....
I should also note that this schedule is applicable to naptime also otherwise just applies to when we go to the gym at night. On the nights that we do not go to the gym, Roonster sits at the table with us in his highchair.
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