How Not to Get to Work on Time: The Story of My Morning

My alarm didn't go of this morning, and by that I mean the baby slept in. So we started off late.

Then because our schedule was off, I was dressed for work while feeding the baby, this is mistake number two for the morning. The Tot decided to accessorize my outfit with food. Noodles was more than happy to help clean up, but I still had to change.

The third mistake, which really is no one's fault, is upon leaving the apartment I saw a note on the elevator stating it was "out of service for maintenance". So....back into the apartment to switch out stroller for Boba carrier, then down six flights of stairs.

This is a perfect guide to being late for work. Tomorrow I will go through how to be on time, that is if I ever figure that out.

Sleep

We are blessed with a good sleeper.  Around 3 months old, I put the Tot down at 8:30pm and he slept until 6:00am. These days he is in bed by 7:30pm or so, and up like an alarm clock at 6:00am.  Yes, there are hiccups along the way... when he is teething the sleeping isn't perfect.  Also when he gets sick, sleeping obviously is interrupted. And every so often we will have a week or so of "odd" sleep where he won't want to go to bed and/or will wake up with what I think are nightmares.  But that is rare.

The Tot also wakes up great.  We live in a one bedroom apartment in NYC, so from day one, (or more accurately, day 17 when he came home from the NICU) he has slept in our room.  We had a co-sleeper bed and once he outgrew that, we moved him to the pack-n-play in our bedroom.  So, he is in our bedroom. For those of you that are saying to yourself now "get that kid out of your bedroom", well... we might do that if we could.  But there is no where else to put the little spud.  We also like him in our room. Like I said, he is a good sleeper, so there seems no reason to chance what is working.  Oh, my point... he wakes up so happy!  At 6:00am, I can hear him stir and then he grabs some toys (we always keep toys in the PNP (pack-n-play) and a few binkies.  So when he wakes up, he plays, chats with himself, sometimes he "sings" to himself and generally has a good time.  Once I am fully awake, we get up and start our day, always with smiles.

There are many things to love about this Tot, but that is by far one of my favorite,  He is a good sleeper, and a great waker!

Reading his book in the morning

11 months

As you can see, the process of taking the monthly picture has become... more challenging for me, and more fun for the Tot.

This last month has been pretty amazing.  While we were on vacation in California, the Tot turned 10 months old and did an amazing amount of growing, and since then it has really been, well, amazing.  He is crawling so fast it spins my head.  He is also pretty adept at pulling himself up onto things and tip toeing from couch to table etc.

He continues to adore Noodles.  She is the funniest thing in the world to him.  He has found her pile of toys and will crawl over, grab a toy and then show Noodles he has it.  At this point, it is game on! Noodles, very gently will take the toy and start running.  The Tot follows in hot pursuit, then Noodles will drop the toy, the Tot picks it up and the game begins again. Noodles is so gentle and funny, it is great to watch.  She is wary of him when he isn't holding one of her toys since that means he has free hands and can grab her fur, but as long as he is holding a toy, she is game to play! She also seems to want to share her food with him.  She will bring him kibble and leave it for him, and when he doesn't (thankfully) try to eat it, so chomps it up.

He is babbling a lot, but hasn't yet seemed intentional with his "words".  He will say mama and dada and baba and a bunch of other things that sound like words, but only a couple times have we thought he was actually saying "mama" or "dada"  specifically at us.  We are working on it!

I can't believe he will be a year old in one month.  I have no idea where this last year has gone.  It is a blur of bottles, diapers, sleepless nights, going to work, picking up and dropping off at daycare, trips, blending vegetables, desitin, toys, growing teeth, and lots of hugs and kisses.  As one year approaches, we are so grateful to have this little spud.