Sleep Update and Such

Phew-- whoever said that making the transition from crib to toddler bed basically required sleep training from scratch was absolutely right. It's been a pretty sleepless past few days around here, especially for my adorable toddler and sweet husband.

You guessed it- Matt's handling the sleep training again. It's no secret that I'm a gigantic failure of a sleep trainer, so I let the pro handle it. On night one of Project Toddler Bed, Macey woke up about 752 times, though only briefly. Matt slept on a mattress on the floor next to her crib. On night two, Macey decided to mix things up a bit and stayed awake from 3am-6am. Matt pretty much gave up on that night (even the pros have their limits) and instead took some hilarious video footage of Macey telling all kinds of stories around 5am ("Mommy in bath, bro night night" was her favorite line. Not sure why exactly she thought I was showering at the crack of dawn). She also took great pleasure in her newfound freedom and walked all around her room in the middle of the night. On each of the mornings following these disruptive nights, Macey woke before 7am to get out of bed and play in her room. One morning, I peeked into the room to find Matt sound asleep on the mattress and Macey piling toys on his head.

We had a breakthrough last night. It took a lot of convincing to get her to go to sleep initially, but she slept straight through the night until 8am. And you know what else? She stayed in her bed and talked quietly to herself when she woke up. (I watched on the monitor as she leaned over and checked the mattress on the floor, saying "Dada?" quietly. When she saw he wasn't there and there was no one to pile toys on, I guess she figured she'd stay in bed a while longer.)

I know we'll probably have some more rough nights, but last night gave me (and Matt, I'm sure!) some much needed hope (and rest).

(Disclaimer: My last post which referenced Macey's first night in her toddler bed was written several days before it was posted. Just didn't want to confuse anyone.)

In other news, we headed to my parents' lake house for the day yesterday. The kids had a great time. We took the boat to a restaurant and ate lunch on the water. Macey's still a bit unsure on the boat, but she's enthusiastic about everything else related to Nan and Pop's house. Camden had a blast, as usual. The "boat house" is one of his favorite places ; he's asked to live there on more than one occasion.

The restaurant that we visited had a little pier out front where you could feed the catfish (and ducks). This was a big, big hit.

I personally find the catfish a little creepy, but neither kid seemed bothered by their enormous mouths.

 

Just because he's cute. And growing up so darn fast!

 

Okay, I had to post this video. My parents have two dogs, Toby and Lexy. When we were at their house yesterday, Macey was saying their names. At first, I wasn't sure I heard her correctly when she said hi to Lexy. But when I asked her to repeat herself, I knew I hadn't misunderstood. I had to take a little video footage of her name for Lexy this morning, just because it's so hilariously adorable.