Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Rip Van Harry

Harry caused us a little concern last night.  He generally takes a late afternoon nap, sometimes not waking up until just before dinner, around 6.  Nanny Melissa tells us he went down at 3.  We're expecting wakeage around 5/5:30.  Dinner time came and went (although there was no dinner yet as I had made up my mind to concoct a lasagna recipe completely and totally from scratch, noodles and all) without a sound.  We let him snooze. 

Dinner actually hit the table at 8pm (did you read the part about totally from scratch--marinara, bechamel--on a Tuesday!).  Not a peep.  At this point we know we have to make a call.  To wake him, or let it ride.  If we wake him at 8 he may not go back down until midnight.  If we don't, he may wake up at midnight.  Sort of a lose/lose.  Plus, he's going to be hungry when he finally rouses.  A hungry Harry is never, ever pretty.

I went the "never wake a sleeping baby" route, crossed my fingers, said a prayer and hoped Wes would take pity on me when he woke.  Being the good husband that he (usually) is, Wes did get up with him...when he finally decided to wake up and start playing in his crib at 6:15 a.m.  Fifteen hours and fifteen minutes after falling asleep he sat up, looked around his crib, and starting wailing on Baby Tad:
Not that he didn't deserve it.  That frog is irritating. 

Harry seemed no worse for wear.  In fact he was downright chipper this morning:

He says to me when Wes plops him in our bed, "hi ya ma ma, yeah uh-huh" which is meaty feet speak for morning lady, where's my breakfast?

4 comments:

  1. Two days ago, Grayson slept the same way... down at 3:30 for a nap and then woke up the next day at 6am! Granted, she was sick... but still, I was shocked bu the 14.5hour nap!

    Harry looks so cute in that picture! He's looking more like a boy than a baby! I need to see him!

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  2. He has had a cold, but he was coming out of it. Maybe he just had some remnants he needed to sleep off!

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  3. Okay, so... here we go again! Down at 3:30 for a nap, and she's still out. I even went in, turned off the noise machine, and turned on the lights. Zzzzzzz.... so, off went the lights, on went the sound machine, and out went the mama. I need to get her down for a nap sooner so this won't happen, but we were busy at Chuck E. Cheese. :)

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  4. Well, that's completely understandable! Chuck E. Cheese can do that to the best of us (p.s. I've NEVER been to a Chuck E. Cheese. We had Showbiz in Augusta).

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