Owen had a great time, but I think the place would be even better in a few months when he's walking or at least crawling.
Here are a few pictures.
Owen had just woken up from a nap so he just observed for the first several minutes.
Big hug for this toy!
Owen absolutely loves pianos
Who's that good-looking baby in the mirror?
After we left the play place, Owen was exhausted. He fell asleep in the car on the way home and slept in his carseat in the house for a while after. He only woke up when I tried to put him in his crib. He hates sleeping in his crib! Which brings us to our adventurous night.
A couple weeks after Owen was born, he started sleeping with mommy. It wasn't ever part of my plan, but it happened. He had terrible reflux so I had to keep him upright for at least 20 minutes after eating. Well, when a baby eats every hour and a half, keeping him upright in the burping position for 20 minutes is unbelievably hard. By the second night of virtually no sleep, I fell asleep with him in my arms. That startled me, so I started barricading us in with pillows in case he fell out of my arms. Pretty soon, I just started planning for it. And before we knew it, we were co-sleeping and daddy moved into the guestroom. He's way too active of a sleeper to have a baby in bed with him.
Anyway, here we are more than 6 months later still co-sleeping. And we need our guest room back. Plus it's probably better for both of us if we sleep separately. I'm sure we're keeping each other awake somehow. So, anyway, tonight's the first night Owen is in his crib. And it wasn't easy getting him to fall asleep in there. I had to let him cry it out.
Thank God it didn't take as long as the horror stories I've heard from friends because it turns out I do NOT have the stomach to let my baby cry. I was nearly in tears myself. He fell asleep after about 20 mins. Granted, I had to rub his back and soothe him, but I say it counts. So far, he's already woken up two more times. Probably wondering what in the world he did to deserve being placed in this tiny prison.
I just hope it works and that it helps us both get more quality sleep. He's in our room now, but as soon as it warms up a bit, we'll move the crib into his room. His room is super cold in the winter time for some reason. Something we definitely will look into for next winter.
So I guess this is a new milestone for the little one. And I have to admit it's probably going to be much harder on me. I may cry myself to sleep tonight too :) Not really, I hope. But I will miss my little snuggle monkey for sure. Sorry Andy, but Owen is a better cuddler ;)
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