Team Camwell

Sunday, November 8, 2009

"Cheese!"

It's hard to get a photo of Harry staying still in general, and even harder these days to get one without him making his exaggerated "cheese!" face!

Pausing from playing cars to say "Cheese!"

Saying "Cheese!" outside with Daddy.

"Cheese!" wearing his new outfit and Mommy's shoes to match.

Caught off-guard in a sweet face moment!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Recital Fun

I had a fun recital on Monday night - here are a few of the highlights. More is at www.youtube.com/davecamwell

Epitaphe de Jean Harlow with Kim Helton - Flute, and Ron Albrecht

Bach Two-Part Invention 5 with Stephen Page

Coming Wednesday is my jazz recital, and next week, Jill's recital!!!

We're happy to report that Harry is actually sleeping in his Big Boy Bed, and we will hopefully not have to worry about the baby sharing his/her crib in May. :)

The first couple of days were rough for naps, but on Day 3, Harry went to sleep after 40 minutes of sitting with him. Super Nanny tactic of not saying a word and leading him back to bed did not work for us. Maybe he's just too young for that. The trick that seemed to work and has now become a part of our routine is putting the foot stool of the rocker right next to his bed, sitting on it and putting a hand on Harrison until he calms down. He's not necessarily asleep, but it does make a difference in getting him to stay quiet. Then once his breathing has calmed and he has stopped thrashing his legs around, it's usually safe to leave the room. Bed times have generally been easier, and we've been putting him to bed and leaving immediately, without the necessary nap-time routine. Unfortunately, the past two nights have taken considerably longer to put him down, and he will keep getting up and turning the light on and leaving the room if we don't do the hand on back/stomach thing.

And what's with kids and time changes?? I fully expected Harry to wake up an hour "earlier", meaning the same time as the old time, but for the past few days, he's been getting up at 5:00 or 5:30am, which is, in old time, an hour earlier! Two hours in new time. And going to bed an hour later in old time...so he's getting at least two hours less sleep every night. Even less when he takes longer to go to sleep or wakes up during the night. Very tough that he's in BBB because we can't just let him talk quietly in his crib. Even more important for Mommy to nap when he naps...which doesn't always happen as his naps are way shorter this week. Hopefully things will settle soon.