We were fortunate to receive a photo of Matthew's birthmom, who I call "Little Mama." She wears glasses that look similar to these, so when we put them on him I think he looks just like Little Mama:
Too cool:
Sleep. UGH. Matthew was doing wonderfully on his 3 nap schedule. He would fall asleep almost immediately upon getting in his bed, sleep about an hour, and wake up happy. During this time he was also sleeping restfully during the night. Then one day, he didn't fall asleep for his 3rd nap. The next day...same thing...and so on. They say that "sleep begets sleep" and every since he has been missing his 3rd nap, his night sleep has been very restless. VERY restless. I have left the 3rd nap in the schedule because, since he gets so little good sleep at night, he NEEDS his 1st early morning nap. Because of that early morning nap, his 2nd nap, which is also NEEDED, comes too early in the day for him to make it until a 7:00/7:30 bedtime. (That was the problem with our prior 2 nap schedule...he was still restless at night and needing an early nap, so his bedtime ended up being like 6:15...way too early!). So, once again, we've got a sleepless boy. I've said before it seems cyclical...that he will have horrible sleep until he is so worn out that he has a week or so of great sleep...then, once caught up, he goes back to horrible sleep. We are all now insomniacs in our house.
ATOPIC DERMATITIS - This topic has come up on the feed quite a lot lately, so I wanted to post an update. We still use the humidifier in Matthew's room all night and during naps. We also still use Aquaphor on his skin. Not every day, I admit, but it is messy and greasy...and hard to put on a busy baby. I've noticed the worst place seems to be in the crook of his arms...the inside of his elbows. But putting the Aquaphor there underneath a long sleeve shirt seemed to aggravate the skin. So I am now having Matthew sleep in short sleeve shirts, and the skin looks much better.
