So lately Liam has been on somewhat of a tear.? And I know it’s because he’s getting older.? And what worked for him as a newborn isn’t working so much now for him as he moves towards mobility and all that.? However, I’m afraid he’s gotten used to a few things too.? One such thing is naps in my arms during the day.? The child is a sucker for a nap in mom’s arms.? But in case you hadn’t noticed, this is the week before Christmas and I have CRAP TO DO.? There are presents to wrap, a house to clean, design work to catch up on, blog posts to write… Most of which doesn’t work that well with a baby sleeping in your arms.? However, getting moved over onto a schedule and out of my arms has proved… difficult.

But we’re getting there.? I’ve noticed a lot of the time Liam is happy to fall asleep in his car seat when we go to drop Harry off at school in the morning.? And he’ll often sleep there for about an hour to an hour and a half.? He did this morning, and I was able to get some presents wrapped. So that’s nice.? It’s just dealing with him from 10:30 to 1pm that’s difficult.? That’s when he wants to sleep in my arms around 11:30.? However, at 12 is when I need to eat lunch and pump.? Two things I can’t really do with a sleeping baby.? So right now, while I pump (multi-tasking!), Liam is crying and it’s KILLING me.? Thankfully I’m almost done.

At 1pm, I’m going to do what I did yesterday (and which worked out awfully well), and that is lay him down in our bed upstairs.? That’s where we all sleep at night and I’ve been correct in assuming it’d work for naps too.? I’ll take a shower and then by the time I’m out of the shower, he’ll be asleep.? This is when I’ll try to tackle the whole cleaning thing.? Yesterday I got quite a bit accomplished with the loft during that time.? Today, I’m hoping to do something with Harry’s room which frankly frightens the bejeezus out of me.? Fingers crossed that this will work.

Then its touch and go from 3pm to bedtime.? We go to pick up Harry about 3:15.? Liam often wants another nap around 5 or and he insists in on being in my arms for that.? Of course.? Last night was the first time we tried laying Liam down upstairs in our bed at bedtime, around 8pm.? And it worked so well that we have high hopes for the rest of the week and next week as well.? Up until now, he’s been sleeping in our arms while we watch TV each night.? Which will NOT work next week at my parent’s house.? So I’m hoping last night was not a fluke and was actually the start of something beautiful.? He even slept well all night long.

I feel so new at all this again.? Like I’ve lost my “edge”.? I don’t remember some things and I feel I’ve missed the boat on a lot of opportunities already.? I feel like I’m not doing what I’m “supposed” to do with Liam and that freaks me out.? Lucky for everyone, this is Christmas week and I don’t have time to worry about it.? Get back to me after New Years.