Jayden is at the age where he is into everything. I was so looking forward to the age where he was mobile- and able to entertain himself. Now we have to keep an eye on him 24-7. Toys and things I never thought could be dangerous- he has shown me can indeed be dangerous.
Since Jayden burnt his hand with my curling iron I haven't let him out of my sight. And it's a darn good thing- you should see some of the things he has tried to swallow!
I mentioned before that Jayden's sleeping habits have been absolutely nuts lately. I've seriously tried everything- and Im guessing he's teething and hoping when that is said and done things will be different.
Which brings me to tonight's incident: Please don't report me!! (Or Ryan.. although I might...)
It was just past midnight. Ryan was over at a friend's house helping set up their monstrous TV and surround sound system. I was here, in our office, working- and Jayden was sleeping in his room. Jayden woke up just as I got a call. He cried for about 15 minutes while I tried to finish the call I was on. By the time I got in his bedroom he was wide awake. I fed him and put him back down hoping he would fall back asleep (he usually does).
Not this time- he started screaming bloody murder as soon as I let him go. I sent Ryan text telling him he needed to come back home as Jayden was awake and I was supposed to be working. Ryan came home shortly thereafter - and took Jayden. I shut the office door and continued to work for the next hour and a half, figuring Ryan had control of things.
At 1:30 AM I took my lunch. Jayden's door was shut so I assumed Ryan had put him back to bed... I peeked in Jayden's room but he wasn't in his crib. I checked our bedroom. No Ryan.. No Jayden. So I went downstairs.
Ryan was laying in the middle of the family room on a blanket surrounded by Jayden's toys. Jayden was not by him. My blood started pumping. I looked around the room over and over trying to figure out where Jayden was. I started yelling Ryan's name... it took 5 yells and two kicks (yes that's mean- but it was an emergency and he wasn't responding) to wake Ryan up. Which got Jayden's attention who, after making a noise, I realized was sitting behind our papusa chair. Cornered between that and our fireplace shoving wires from our speakers in his mouth... at 1:30 in the morning. Wide awake.
On the one hand- I cannot believe Ryan fell asleep while watching Jayden (Deep deep sleep- remember I had to kick him twice for him to wake up!) But I am so grateful that Jayden is safe. (From what I can tell) ... I cannot believe he was unsupervised for so long and I'm really frustrated... I guess we'll see if anything crazy comes out in his poop. But he is breathing...
Just had to get this all off my chest. It is now 2:15 am Jayden is finally sleeping. In our bed- with his daddy. And I better go stick him in his crib before he wakes up and crawls off the bed.
Aaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhhhh!!!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
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I'm feeling you baby! Brooklyn is a never-ending disaster right now :). Just hang in there, they get worse before they get better (wait til he's walking) but they're so much fun at that age. But yes, totally and utterly exhausting.
I had a couple of times when I was in my first trimester with McKenna and I literally could not stay awake for the life of me. I would be sitting there reading or something and watching JJ (who was a toddler at the time) and the next thing I would know I would suddenly start awake and it would be like 15 minutes later. Really, I was physically incapable of staying awake!
My (unsolicited) advice is to let Jayden cry. If you really stick to a strict schedule it won't take long at all for him to get it down. It is so hard though!
Oh no....Im getting scared for the crawling.. :)
poor Ryan, I hope he doesn't read this... :)
You had to kick him? You didn't tell me that part. That's pretty crazy.
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