So, I've been having a hard time getting Finny to sleep for a nap and keep him asleep longer than his usual 30 or so minutes. Matthew got home from the farm this morning just in time for Finny's nap at about 9. He didn't seem all that tired but I'm really trying to stick to the schedule, so I decided to give it a try. Except that I wanted Matthew to see what I go through to get him down. So, I handed Finny over to Matthew and said "good luck and have fun". Matthew put him in his crib and walked out. I was at the computer just waiting for the crying to start. Matthew came out and said, "He's already standing up at the fence. I don't think he's ready for a nap." (Matthew calls the crib bars "the fence".) We decided just to see what happened, since it was time for him to have a nap. Finny started making a little noise, but more like playing than crying...I was stunned that the screaming hadn't started! About a minute after Matthew put him down, the noise stopped. NO WAY! I calmly got up and looked in his room. He was lying in the corner of his crib...still...no crying...no shaking the bars...no jumping...just sleeping! I was shocked and a little disappointed if I can be totally honest. Half of my day is spent either psyching myself up for or recovering from the 30, maybe 45 minutes of crying that I have to go through to get Finny to take a nap...and that's when he's actually tired! I was left thinking, "What just happened here?" I still don't know what happened this morning.
This is a video of what Finley does best now. He's always on the move to stand up. Since he needs something to pull himself up with, you can always find him standing with something. It is no longer okay for him to just crawl around. I get dizzy watching him walk around and around the coffee table all day long and there are always 'fun' toys on the coffee table. You can put the brightest toy right in front of his face, but he will crawl across the room to get the gray or black remote.
