Paper is .....edible???

Today has been better. Not as stressful. He is tolerating his clothes, actually not fighting as much about getting dressed or his diaper changed. Still fighting, don't get me wrong, but the bruise he caused on my jawbone has started to turn yellow and there hasn't been any new ones.

We have rearranged the house, hoping to help him through the night. We've moved his crib into our room, and it's right up against our bed. so maybe he will feel like he's sleeping with us, and in our bed.  If it works, our goal is to move his crib away from the bed, a little at a time, until he is across the room. Then maybe out to the livingroom (that is closer to our room than his room) then eventually into his room. It's a thought, a plan. Something to try. At nearly 10 months old, he still doesn't sleep through the night. Mommy and Daddy are getting short with each other due to the lack of sleep. We have to figure something out. I'll have to let you know if it works. Even if he still wakes up 100 times a night, at least if he sits in his bed and plays with his toys and self entertains until he falls back to sleep, that would be better than where we are right now.

The wubbanub is the greatest invention EVER!! (www.wubbanub.com)  but when he wakes up at night he doesn't even seek it out. even right next to his face, he just lies there and screams blood murder, like he thinks the rest of the world has abandoned him, and he's going to be all alone forever. It's not a "I'm in pain" type scream, it's more of an emotional pain type scream. You would have to hear it to truely understand.

I have debated in trying the weighted blankets, They say that you aren't supposed to use them with kids under 3 though, I'm wondering if that's because at 5 pounds, that blanket would be about 1/3 his total body weight. But what do they do for the kids that are just abnormally small? If he doesn't start growing again here soon, he's going to be in the 18-20 pound range for a good long time. Or is there a different reason they aren't recommended for use in children under 3? Any insight here would be great.

That, and they are really expensive for a "maybe" shot in the dark.....

He never liked to be swaddled, even as a newborn...  but he sleeps best when held tightly to an adult's body.

I've been thinking about making him a custom "pillow" out of one of his daddy's old shirts that is weighted, and can be heated....  I'll have to experiment and keep you updated, I might come up with the next big thing.  Necessity is the mother of all invention right??

oh, and by tightly, I'm not joking.. if you let your arm relax, his eyes pop open, and he's crying that gut wrenching emotional pain cry again. he wants to be held TIGHT!

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Sooo..   anyway... back to the original thought before getting off on the sleep tangent...  He's dressed, and playing happily, getting into stuff today.

Although he has suddenly decided paper is edible. Doesn't have any desire for his food, but I don't want to even try to count the number of times I've removed soggy wads of paper from his mouth today...

weird child.