Jim and I have been very fortunate that Tyler has slept through the night from an early age. With few exceptions, such as travel, his normal sleep pattern is 6pm to 6 or 7am. Another reason for disrupted sleep is when he's on the cusp of a major development, either motor or verbal. I remember the week before he learned to roll over onto his stomach he was up many times in the night, rehearsing the movement in his crib. For the past week Jim and I have been keeping our eyes peeled for another milestone because Mr. Tyler has been waking up at 4:30. For the most part he'll fall back to sleep after fussing for 30 minutes but one day he actually stayed awake in his crib until 6! Could he be ready to crawl? Or getting in his top teeth or learning some new sounds and babbles? Well, yesterday we got our answer. We were playing in the basement and Tyler dove onto his stomach. After some wriggling around and struggling he managed to sit up all by himself! It's still really hard work for him but he's done it 3 times now. The satisfaction he must get after pulling his little bulk up is worth losing a little sleep over!
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About a month ago Nana and Papa Buffo came for a visit and brought Tyler a new toy. It was an inflatable tube that, when pushed, jingled and then rolled back to you. It was a great toy except Tyler was terrified of it. Whenever we sat him near it he would instantly start to cry and twist away from it. As the weeks went on we would catch him staring at it from the corner of the room. Thinking he was ready to play with it we brought it over to him. No dice. Then, as he started to get more mobile he would make his way over to it, give it a quick tap, then retreat like crazy. Finally, after a month of fear, he got up the nerve to play with it and now he loves it! He pushes it and will chase it across the room and sits up with it turning it over on it's ends. It's so funny to watch his emotions towards something evolve!
