Our sweet little boy

I am listening to Carson on the monitor as he is supposed to be napping, it's not happening. In fact he hasn't slept the last two afternoons. He plays quietly in his crib, singing or talking to his stuffed animals. When I tell him that it is almost time to go to bed he says "No me bed." For a while he has been playing like this. I usually try to get him in bed by 1:00 and if he hasn't fallen asleep by 2:00 (because I need to go get Andrew from preschool at 3:15), I will go in and hold/rock him. He is usually asleep in a matter of minutes. I don't mind this at all. He is so sweet, just cuddles up and eventually nods off.

But I am wondering if he is starting to give up his naps. (heavy sigh) I guess I don't really mind because he does do this quiet play time in his crib quiet well. On Monday he played in his crib for two hours and then started saying "Mom, where are you?" I was making bread so I had Andrew go in and talk to him and tell him that I would come soon. Andrew came back out and said that "Carson took his dress off." (No Carson was not wearing a dress, Andrew sometimes calls clothes "dress" because every morning I say "let's get dressed") I went in Carson's room and there he was with just his onsie on, he had taken off his velour hooded track suit outfit. Sometimes he will pull his arms out the top of his shirt collar, so then the collar/neck ends up around his waist and is quite stretched out!!

When Andrew was Carson's age, he was no longer in his crib - he was in the big double bed he is in now. He did well in the bed to begin with but after a few months he started just climbing out of bed repeatedly before he could fall asleep for naps. It was very frustrating! And Andrew has never really done a quiet time in his room - he does not like to be alone. But maybe this summer when he is home in the afternoon, I can get him to do a quiet time.

One night last week when I was reading Carson his bed time stories a silly little non-sense game began. It was time to put the books down but Carson said "wait Mom". I tickled him and very sillily said "No, you wait." Now we do this back and forth over and over, "you wait" - "no, you wait", and Carson thinks it is quite hilarious! He just giggles and giggles! He often will start this at nap or bedtime and we will say it back and forth until I am out of his room walking down the hall. Or at other times when we start laughing or being silly about something completely different, Carson will throw in a "no, you wait." I love these little things.

One phrase I love to hear him say is "Ok. Mom." It is just too cute being said in his little voice. He is our sweet little guy and I don't want him to change.