Tuesday, October 27, 2009

favorite new kaimana trait.

bedtime. sometimes happy, sometimes sad. kaimana has had his ups and downs when it comes to going to sleep for the night. since january, once he's asleep he usually stays asleep. it has been getting him to go to sleep that has been the issue. so, around 10 or 11 months, we started our serious bedtime routine. pick up our toys, take a bath, brush our teeth, get jammies on, read some books, rock for a bit and then hopefully lay down while still awake so that he'll fall asleep 'on his own'. this worked well until around his 1st birthday. it became a 50-50 chance that mommy or daddy would have to go back into his room a few times in order for him to calm down, lay down, and go to sleep. until.....

we scratched the routine.

last week, we had my brother darren over for turkey dinner, and knowing that it would be a struggle to get kaimana to go to sleep when he knows there someone new to play with, we let him stay up a bit later than usual. after darren left, we skipped bathtime and went straight into our jammies. i was picking him up from the changing table and getting ready to read books when i realized kaimana was pointing at his crib. huh, i thought, is he saying he wants to go to bed? so we turned off the lights and i set him in his crib. he sat there until i said "lay down and go to sleep", then he fell over and, well, went to sleep. so our new bedtime routine is much less grand, we simply put on jammies after picking up the toys and trot off to bed. kaimana actually follows me from the living room to his bedroom when i say "time for bed".

he also slept until 8:30 this morning. which i'm not about to expect everyday, but it sure was nice.

long long time.

wow. haven't posted anything in soooooooo long! sorry about that. what have we been up to you ask? well, kaimana had his first birthday, we visited to zoo, we went sailing with him for the first time, we visited friends in wenatchee, and have been doing our best to enjoy as much outside-time as possible as the weather is a-changin'. here are some slideshows to catch you up on our fun times!