Progress Report

Ever since we brought Asa home from the hospital, we have not been able to get him to sleep in his crib or anywhere else on his back. He sleeps in his bouncer chair, car seat, swing, or while being held. It hasn't been a huge issue, but now that he's in day care, they don't have these tools and he was going to have to learn to sleep in a crib. I figure, I pay these people enough, they can teach him! ha ha. Well, they've definitely made progress. He has taken several naps in his crib at daycare. When he refuses, they do bend the rules and allow him to nap while propped on a Boppy Lounger pillow. He apparently likes the mobile above his crib at daycare so guess what we're going to buy this weekend?? :) Beyond the crib thing, he is an excellent sleeper. We've now gone 4 days in a row of sleeping through the night. He's been going down around 9 or 9:30 pm and sleeping until 6- 6:45. Sometimes I even have to go wake him up so we can get going in the morning!
Asa also continues to be an excellent eater. He eats about 4-5 oz every 3 hours or so during the day. He's pretty much stopped 'snacking' which was a lovely habit where he would eat a few ounces, take a cat nap, eat a few more, take another nap. Drinking his entire bottle at once and then taking longer naps has been a great improvement.

Asa's current likes:

• Sucking his hands
• Mobiles
• Our red painting above the couch
• Baths (until you take him out)
• Lily & Paddy (he's starting to focus on them and smile)
• Mornings (he wakes up sooo happy! Today is Saturday and he woke up around 5:45 am. Normally, this would be rough for me, but we were laughing in bed because he's so stinkin' cute in the mornings. Is it possible that he's made ME a morning person?)
• Eating
• Car rides
• His stroller
• Background noise/noisy places (we still think he was just born a party animal)