Calvin Tyler: 43 weeks old

Well we are making some progress in the sleep department. We decided to stop feeding him at every waking and instead initially offer him some water and then just keep laying him back down (I still nurse him once per night). The first night went shockingly well (up a lot, but back to sleep in under ten minutes each time). The next night was amazing...slept 7:45-5:30 and then back to bed until 7:00. Since then, it's been ok. Up 2-3 times a night and going back to sleep ok at most wakings, but we've had a couple take 30-40 minutes to get him back to sleep. He'll get there and we are all more rested than a week ago, so that's progress.

We've also successfully gotten him to wear and keep on shoes! As it's getting colder, I wanted something to put on his feet when we are out and about that he can't take off. I had some soft soled shoes that I thought would be perfect. I got Calvin's foot into them, they fit, but Calvin disagreed about them being perfect. I took them off, and thought, "oh well," The next morning, he crawled over to them and started to play with them and then attempt to put one on. He's worn them whenever we've left the house since and can't get them off and doesn't seem to mind them. Hopefully he doesn't learn to take them off for a few months so he doesn't have cold, bare feet all winter.

Calvin enjoyed another USD football game this weekend. He even got to stay the entire game and stayed awake for all of it. He was really tired by the end, but did really well.

He's really starting to get more and more confident on his feet. He will push his puppy around and "walk" behind it and will cruise along the couch. We've seen him stand on his own without holding on, but anytime he realizes he's doing that, he instantly sits down.

I wish we had a good video of his laughter at story time tonight. We've been going to pajama story time on Monday nights and Calvin does ok for a while, but gets a little restless since it's close to bedtime. Tonight they did a parachute game (like the parachutes from gym class), and Calvin just thought that was hysterical! He laughed harder than I've ever heard him laugh. At one point, he was out of breath from laughing so hard.