8 Months today since the blizzard of ‘05. Yup, that’s right, Hayes was born 8 months ago today. Funny thing is, it seems like a TON of time has passed since I posted my 7 month review.
Perhaps that’s because so much has happened in Hayes’ little life. He’s crawling now. That happened about two weeks ago and has put him firmly at number one on the cat’s shitlist. He’s also going from sitting to belly to crawling to sitting in less than a second (ok, overstatement, but, hey, I’m a proud dad). That happened last week.
And now… wait for it…. wait for it…. he’s walking.
Yah, right. Actually he is pulling himself up though. We found out this nifty new trick when Hayes decided it was time to roll over in his Amby bed and scream like the audience who had the misfortune of tuning into The War at Home on Fox last Friday. So we decided to try out the crib.
Worked like a charm.
Yah, right. Actually he thinks of it more as a playpen. It’s and opportunity for him to pull himslef up and play with the door handle. Or scream. Yup, he likes to scream when he thinks we’ve left him in his playpen — I mean crib — too long.
You know, cribs are funny. I guess in the same way beds are funny. They are really just padded ground, the former more ground-like than pad. And for the HBomb, there is a definite disconnect here. He really doesn’t know it’s a place to sleep. Never crossed his mind. It doesn’t bounce like the amby. And it’s about the size of Texas when compared to the Amby’s Delaware-like footprint. He just doesn’t get it.
So, what to do. No idea. None. It’s a new battle. Hayes either needs to stop flipping himself over in his Amby or come to a peaceable existence with his crib. Either way, we’re gonna get him to sleep without screaming.
Yah, right.
Nabeel from Start-Up Dad says:
September 22nd, 2005 at 4:11 pm
I haven’t used the Amby bed, so pardon if this is technically impossible. But how about a transition where you take the padding of the Amby bed and put it in the crib?
But forget sleeping, crawling and sitting are the coolest. Our kid Kaden just started doing all that stuff and the amount he is able to autonomously play versus a month ago is night and day. Woopy!
AJ says:
September 22nd, 2005 at 11:52 pm
Our daughter had a smooth transition. Her immediate preference was to sleep on her stomach with her tush in the air. But suddenly having space to move, she would inch forward in her sleep and cry when she hit a wall. We had to reposition her at the bottom of the mattress several times a night until she adjusted.
Erin says:
April 8th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I realize your post about the Amby bed was from a few years ago, but I’m hoping you can tell me more about H’s transition to a crib. My son is 12 months old and still sleeping happily in the Amby, but we’re worried that soon it will be unsafe for him, as he figure out how to pull himself up. Any tips for transitioning to a crib? Thank you!