Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Naps are for the birds

J was giving me his sleepy signals, rubbing his eyes that were slowly turning pink around the edges, wanting to nurse and be cuddled, yawning and sucking on his thumb.  So I took him to the bed, we climbed in together and he nursed with droopy eyes.

When he finished nursing, I crept off the bed and turned around to see that he had already flipped to his belly and was grinning at me.  He started to jabber, do his "push-ups", and kick his legs.  All right, little man.

I left and listened to him talk for 20 minutes.  Each time I walked past his door, as quietly as humanly possible, mind you, he somehow sensed my presence and turned his head.  With a loud shriek he let me know that he was as happy as a clam and would not be taking a nap anytime soon, thankyouverymuch.

45 minutes passed and he was rocking the tummy time.  But now his vocalizing had a bit a fuss at the end, and I knew that today he would not be taking a nap.  Thank goodness he's so cute that I don't mind "rescuing" him and snuggling together.  In my arms and off to the living room we went...and he was asleep.

4 comments:

Melissa said...

Found you on TAT. Jet is absolutely adorable and I'm so glad I'm not the only mom who has a baby that doesn't nap! I secretly enjoy it too:)

kyna... said...

Your boy is so cute! I just read your birth story! Beautiful up until the end...how scary for everyone! So glad everything turned out okay. You have a gorgeous family!

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Babylicious said...

Lol. I could've written this exactly---that's how so many of our naps go! Their ability to sense a nearly silent parent is uncanny!

Andrew & Danielle said...

Funny how babies sense us looking at them or checking on them! Sneaky little things! Peighton can be the same way!