A Video Self Portrait

Riley videos herself while her dad watches hockey and while I'm rocking her sister to sleep. The angle and seriousness both crack me up!

A Neglected Floor Sleeper

It isn't easy trying to make food for Riley, bathe her and feed and keep Ali happy at the same time. I was tending to Ali when I heard the familiar splash of "Lastings Spillage" (Riley's long-standing tub persona).

The sound of water being dumped by the teapot-load, from the tub was worrisome. Knowing that our flood policy probably doesn't cover bathtub-toddler-angst and that I just re-caulked the tub surround, I had to abandon a needy Ali and rush to grab towels, lots of towels.

I mopped up the floor, picked up toys and was getting big sister dressed, when I realized my little fusser had quickly fallen asleep, tummy down on her pile of blankets and toys. Reminding me of the old days when we first tried tummy time, only to realize that a lazy baby is happy to sleep in any position and she wasn't going to be fooled into exercising.

Like most cute things, this nap was a short-lived 15 minutes.

The Party's Tiny Wallflower

Here Ali is at Sunday's party:

This is a first

I've seen those incredible videos of kids falling asleep while playing and eating, and I've seen the videos on cutethingsfallingasleep.org. But I know my kiddo is not one of those kinds of kids. She takes staying awake into an art form. What to do when you missed your nap and had an overstimulating day?! Dig through your toys, throw things, build things, clean things, do anything, keep going!

Then yesterday she crashed for a late nap and slept for 16 hours. I was so worried about her, and had her dad check in on her several times. Yes, she was fine, just sleeping. This morning she'd been up for two hours when dad decided to offer her lunch.

A sleepy, visibly sleepy - not fighting it - sleepy Mitt. Maybe a first and last time.