He's napping...

So, I swore I was going to be committed to writing a little bit each day...needless to say...this is my first post post-baby....I really over estimated how much energy I'd have. ha. I think one of my biggest problems is that I want it to be perfect...and I'm learning that nothing in a parent's life will ever be perfect...timing, laundry, housework...nothing. Oh well...I'm starting to get over it.

I can't really start from the beginning because too much has happened....so we'll just start here and now.

He's napping. Without being on the monitor. argh. I'm the worst mom EVER.

When I was pregnant I did a lot of research. I ended up on a website about SIDS and got totally freaked out and bought a sleep monitor that alarms if the baby stops breathing. I swore I'd never put him down without using it. Then he came along and I've had to readjust a little bit. It seems that babies don't always want to sleep even when they HAVE to...I mean he has to. Seriously. We got back from San Francisco (to see the cousins) and he's been eating at weird times and not napping. Today I tried everything I could think of...the yoga ball, the rocking chair, the stroller, more food, burping, changing his diaper. I probably over stimulated him....

anyway...the only thing that worked was laying down with him on our bed and then slowly inching each part of my body away over the course of an hour.

He's napping.