Frustrated and Feeling Guilty

Every time I think that I've got a schedule figured out Jayden changes it all around. He has been taking two naps a day for the last several months now. Then, then sometime last week he started taking his morning nap and then refusing to take an afternoon nap for 3 days straight. Since I would rather him take an afternoon nap and not be a terror in the evening I started skipping his morning nap and laying him down after lunch for an afternoon nap. We did that for 4 or 5 days and it worked fine except that he spent half the morning rubbing his eyes and whining because he was so tired. So 2 days ago I started putting him down for his morning nap 2 hours after he wakes up in the morning and then for an afternoon nap about 3 hours after he wakes up from the first nap. This is pretty much what we were doing before and it has worked just fine for the last 2 days. Today he woke up at 7:00 a.m. so I put him down for a nap at 9:00. He slept until about 10:45 (which is normal...he usually sleeps for about 1 hr 30 mins each nap). We had plans to go to lunch with Ashley so she showed up at 11:00 and we went to eat Mexican (yummy). Jayden had a great time talking to the waitress & playing with Ashley. We got back to the house around 12:45 and played for a while. I could tell that he was getting sleepy again because he was walking in circles & rubbing his eyes. Even Ashley pointed out that he looked like he was tired so I know I'm not crazy. She left and I layed him down for a nap at 1:45....and he refused to go to sleep!! I left him in there for about 15 minutes & then went in to check on him and he had pooped. I changed his diaper & then went in 2 more times after that to try to rock him to sleep and nothing worked. So I finally just layed him in the bed & decided that he would have to lay there until 4:00. At 10 minutes to 4:00 he is perfectly silent & I look at him on the monitor and he is sound asleep. Which means that as of right now he has been in his bed for over 3 hours! It's not like he was crying, just talking and playing, but I still feel guilty that he has been in there by himself for so long. And now it is almost 5:00 and he is still sleeping and I don't want him to be up late tonight!! Trying to figure out his schedule is so frustrating!! He actually just woke up though so....

So much to say, so little time

I wanted to start this blog so that I can keep up with all the new things my beautiful baby boy is doing each day. Jayden will be 14 months old on the 22nd and I can't believe it! The first year of his life has gone by so fast. I think that he is getting another tooth in. He has four on the top and two on the bottom right now. Jason & I have tried to look inside his mouth to see if anything is trying to poke through but it is impossible to see anything. We went walking with Amy & Paxton this morning. Jayden said Amy's name for the first time. Apparently, her name is officially "Mamie" now. He is saying so many things: ducky, baby, bye-bye, kitty, doggy, Phoebe, Papa, ball, cookie, eat, hey, passy, baba and of course mama & dada. He can also say & point to your eyes, nose, ear, hair and teeth! We went to Subway for lunch on the way home & he was talking to everyone. There was one girl that worked there that he kept trying to feed his luch to. I hope that he stays so friendly and outgoing. I was always really shy and it's nice to see him so brave! Well, I know he is going to wake up from his nap any minute & Jason is about to get home from work so I have to get busy!!