Alex keeps changing his schedule periodically. Recently, he's pushed his bedtime back to 11 and I'm gently nudging him to get it earlier, aiming to get him back to being sleepy at 9.
He just got over a period of nap fighting. Throughout October and November he simply refused to nap at his regularly established times. Sometime in early December, he went back to wanting naps. Now, he's pushing the first one earier than it used to be. I used to be able to count on him getting tired at 11 AM. Now, he wants it at 10:30. Recently, he's been waking up in the middle of the night. I figure that will change again shortly.
It seems that these may all be phases of mental development. Right after turning six months at the end of September, in addition to getting his two bottom front teeth, he seemed to have made leaps and bounds in mental connections. I saw object permanance when I hadn't seen it before (like, we can't just hide the remote anymore to make it "gone"). He stopped babbling for a while, seemingly intently listening to everything. He's now more physically rambunctious than he was before. He can't crawl yet, but he insists on standing while holding on to things and seems suddenly determined to walk. He shows signs of recognizing and understanding certain words and even phrases.
All of those large leaps in his connections seemed to have occurred simultaneously with his nap refusal and changes in sleep times.
December 21, 2007
