Tucker Tuesday: Week 26

This has been a week of sleep!!  Yay!  Tucker has been a great night time sleeper since we got back from Duluth when he was about 2 months old, so we have no complaints there.  He has been going to bed around 6 pm for awhile now.  If he naps really well, sometimes we let him stay up until 7 and if he doesn't nap then he goes to bed around 5:30.  This week, he has only been getting up once to eat (usually at 11:30 pm on the dot) and getting up for the day around 7:30 or 8.  Yes, that's right, sometimes we get to sleep in until after 8am and we have an almost 6 month old.  We know we're lucky.

I've written about our nap struggles before, but I think he's finally got it figured out.  I've read more baby and parenting books than I care to admit (I had to start a new "baby book" shelf in our office), and I've read so much advice and research about sleep training that I could probably write a book myself.  I've asked everybody with kids what the secret to napping is, and we've tried most of the advice that I've received.  I still don't know what the napping secret is, but I do know that our little boy is now part of the "three nap per day" club!!  I had three days off with Tucker last week (that's the good part of working weekends), and he took 3 naps per day in his crib!!!  Each nap lasted about an hour.  We were at my parents' house this weekend while I worked, and he did nap in his Pack and Play but it's always a more restless sleep.  But, today he made up for it!  He napped for over two hours straight this morning plus took his two afternoon naps.

With all of the sleep that Tucker is getting, it seems that there can't be much time for anything else but he has been busy!  He is able to sit for long stretches.  Basically, he sits until he wants to kick on his back or stretch out on his tummy.  He has started to try to pull himself up to a standing position while sitting on his play mat, and he will stand holding onto a chair for about 30 seconds if we help him get up.  I can't believe how strong he is!

Tucker Tuesday: Week 25

Tucker has been busy "talking" and giggling.  He is such a happy boy, and there aren't too many things that make him mad.  One thing that does still make him mad is napping!  He cries every time it's nap time, but we're making progress.  On Monday, he took three 40 minute naps at daycare; however, that was followed by only one 40 minute nap at daycare on Tuesday.  It's still a struggle, but at least we're making progress!

He is still only eating breastmilk, but we've started to feed him a few bites of breastmilk with a spoon.  He knows what a spoon is for now and does really well with it.  We'll start him on solids for his half-birthday in a couple of weeks, but he will already have been introduced to the spoon so it will be just new foods that he will be starting and not a completely new way of eating as well.

We have some news regarding a new adventure!  We will be going to Florida for a week in March, and we are so excited!  After this cold spell that we've been in, I'm even more ready for some warm weather.  I just booked tickets to two Twins' Spring Training games, and we are working on flights and lodging.  Tucker will be 8 months old, and it will be his first airplane ride (unless you count the 10 flights we took while I was pregnant)!  We are still trying to figure out the logistics of renting a car seat vs. taking our own, finding a crib, etc.  I've been searching the internet for tips, but any advice is welcome!!

Here are some Week 25 pictures of our little guy...

Tucker has always loved bath days.  Other than the first bath after coming home from the hospital, he has never cried during his bath.  Here are a few pictures of our little fishy enjoying his bath.  I think we are going to need to switch to the big tub soon!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy 60th birthday to my Dad and the best Grandpa ever!  Here's to 60 more...