Posted by michelle on March 12, 2012 at 11:59 pm (General, Pictures)
Sleeping beauty
Unlike Darren, Cameron is usually easy to put down for naps and he’s a marathon napper, averaging 3 hours, so oftentimes we have to wake him up to protect his night sleep. But recently, like Darren (and many other 2-year-olds I’m sure), Cameron is too fun-loving and high-spirited to settle down for his naps. Sometimes despite our best efforts, he won’t go down, choosing instead to play in his crib with his stuffed animals and talking to himself. But sometimes, like today, I manage to lull him into a sleepy state with our household classic lullaby “Old MacDonald”, so much so that he just fell asleep on top of one of his stuffed animals. Luckily, he was sound asleep because I had to take quite a few pictures with my iPhone before this one turned out and the flash was so bright that he’d flinch a little bit every time it flashed, but he never got woken up. As one of Darren’s and Cameron’s favorite bedtime books say, sleep tight, my sweet little one!
[…] 4:30pm on a Sunday afternoon—time to wake up our baby from his delicious nap! Big brother Darren is always up for that fun task—he’s gentle though, touching Cameron with one finger on his head. It took a while to rouse him! While Darren dropped his afternoon nap promptly at 3 years and 3 months (I remember distinctly because he had just started at his first preschool that was only a morning program in September 2010 and I thought that was perfect since he was still napping and then a month later he sang and strip-danced in his crib for two hours, mooning me on the baby monitor—yes that was a clear sign I should let him out of the crib and off the hook for afternoon naps), Cameron thankfully is still napping at 3 years and 4 months. As Vincent said, kids are at their cutest when they’re sleeping, hence another photo of my sleeping beauty. […]