the great napping boycott and stones for miles

Since this is my first post, I suppose I'll discuss what's been plaguing me the most. Robbie is a great sleeper at night. No doubt. People always ask me, "is he sleeping through night?" and I, with much reluctance, tell them that he does. Reluctance because a.) people are often taken a back (and secretly jealous) that my baby sleeps through the night, but b.) because I would much rather him sleep during his nap times than all through the night. Sure, I like sleep as much as the next overworked mommy, but unfortunately, I can't get ANYTHING done during the day because Robbie is constantly needing me to attend to his spoiled ass. Here's the worst part: he'll conditionally sleep in my arms, but not in his crib. What a stinker. Suffice it to say, we're working on what is popularly termed as "sleep training" but what is really just letting your infant scream until he can't scream anymore and falls asleep out of sheer exhaustion. Nothing brings a smile to a new mom's face more than her baby screaming for 45 minutes straight. We'll get there.

Milestones. The scariest word for a paranoid mommy. Open any book about baby development (my current poison is What to Expect: The First Year) and you're bound to found some milestone your child hasn't met or has far surpassed. Either way, there's something terribly wrong with your baby. Robbie has surpassed a couple (rolling over...front to back and back to front and lifting his head 90 degrees during tummy time). Normal moms would be ecstatic. I immediately think my doctor miscalculated Robbie's gestational age and for some reason he spent an extra month in the womb because he wasn't supposed to reach that milestone for another 2 1/2 weeks. Which is more plausible: Robbie meeting a milestone early or Robbie exceeding a 9 month gestational age? hmmm. I guess have to come to grips with the fact that milestones aren't static. At any rate, I'll be dealing with these milestones as a I monitor Robbie's development. Stones for miles and miles.

Until another misadventure....