A Few Milestones
Before Ian became a world traveler (with his own passport!) he was having a mighty fine time here at home. In fact, he passed a few milestones that we haven't had a chance to chronicle here in Blog Ian. Principal among these are:
He was definitely ready. Hardly made a peep about the missing breast milk.
And after that weekend, he pretty much started sleeping through the night--from about 8:00 p.m. to about 6:00 a.m. There are still the occasional nights when he lets loose with a blood-curdling scream at 3:00 and there are still those times when he's up for an hour in the middle of the night, but usually these night disturbances have a physical reason. His tummy is upset or he's coming down with something.
I guess it was just before his 20-month birthday that the change happened. I am so relieved that he finally reached this milestone. The disruption of sleep has been one of the toughest things about parenthood to deal with. In some respects, I feel like we've had insomnia for a year and a half.
Another big change has been his move into an older kids room at the Children's Discovery Center (as we reported in the 25 April 2005 blog entry). His new teacher is Ms. Miriam.
And sometimes, for part of the day, he's in with Ms. Leslie's class.
Even though he's having a gas meeting all sorts of Polish kids, I'm sure Ian still misses his pals at the CDC!
- He stopped breast feeding.
- He started sleeping through the night. (Hallelujah!)
He was definitely ready. Hardly made a peep about the missing breast milk.
And after that weekend, he pretty much started sleeping through the night--from about 8:00 p.m. to about 6:00 a.m. There are still the occasional nights when he lets loose with a blood-curdling scream at 3:00 and there are still those times when he's up for an hour in the middle of the night, but usually these night disturbances have a physical reason. His tummy is upset or he's coming down with something.
I guess it was just before his 20-month birthday that the change happened. I am so relieved that he finally reached this milestone. The disruption of sleep has been one of the toughest things about parenthood to deal with. In some respects, I feel like we've had insomnia for a year and a half.
Another big change has been his move into an older kids room at the Children's Discovery Center (as we reported in the 25 April 2005 blog entry). His new teacher is Ms. Miriam.
And sometimes, for part of the day, he's in with Ms. Leslie's class.
Even though he's having a gas meeting all sorts of Polish kids, I'm sure Ian still misses his pals at the CDC!