A Boy and his Dog

Surely I've mentioned how much Peyton adores Maggie... Not sure if Maggie sees Peyton's full value to her as of yet but it'll come with time. I'm just very grateful how patient she is with him. Even so, we are very careful to always closely supervise their "encounters".

Well today was the mother of all chore days. I made up for the whole week of getting little done in one fell swoop. It feels so good to accomplish so much in the house. A lot of it was the kind of stuff you never quite get to like mending and washing and ironing and re-hanging curtains. I got ALL the laundry done - washed, dried and folded! That is a major accomplishment for me as I did not inherit the laundry mistress gene my Mother so aptly possesses. The most amazing part is how I did it on such a bad night's sleep.

Which brings me to last night. About an hour and a half after we put him to bed he started wailing (he never makes a peep from bedtime to morning). I went in to check on him and he was on his tummy frustrated and flailing. I flipped him back onto his back and he continued to cry so I picked him up and rocked him gently back to sleep. I must've checked on him 5 more times before I convinced myself he was okay and I could go to bed. Then he was up again at 1:45! I went back in and again, he was on his belly and flailing. This time his little eyes were W I D E open and I knew he was now aware that it had been several hours since he'd eaten so I fixed him a bottle, fed him and laid him back down. Thankfully he slept through from about 2:00-7:00, however, Ian and I did not. Now, before we come off sounding completely neurotic... He has been sleeping through the night for almost 4 months now without incident. He has not learned how to roll from his tummy to his back even though I school him in it everyday. The reason this concerns me is that a former colleague had a S.I.D.s death occur to one of her husband's employees and the baby was 5 months old. They went in the next morning and found the baby ON IT'S TUMMY! Can you see why I'm a little nervous with the fact that he continues to roll onto his tummy but can't get back over? My ONLY consoling thought is that he seems to get so angry at his predicament that he will not fail to alert us to it. Surely we are not the only parents who have worried about this?

Tonight will be a better night, tonight will be a better night, there's no place like home... Toto!