Bad Habit?

For the last few weeks, if not the last month, Jayson has been doing really well with sleeping through the night and by sleeping through the night I mean from 7:30/8pm to about 4:30/5am.  Believe me, this is a huge improvement from the earlier months of every two hour wakings and feedings.  However this week Jayson has begun waking up again around 2am and then again at 4am.  In the past I used to nurse him back to sleep and put him back in his crib but I'm not offering an overnight feeding any longer (we're not going backwards here folks!)  I've tried changing his diaper, reading to him and rocking him back to sleep which sometimes can take upwards of 35-40 minutes.  This mama has a FT job outside of the house and gets up at 5:30am as it is.  So... I've started to take the easy way out by taking him back to bed with me which lets both of us get right back to sleep.  I know, I know.  We'd finally broken away from the habit of nursing overnight but I fear we're now creating a new habit.  Don't get me wrong, I love the extra snuggle time with my little man but we had been so good from the get go about making sure Jayson slept in his own crib.  Even his first night home he was in his crib, albeit I was on the floor next to it and a nervous nelly all night, but we wanted to set a precedent.  So what else am I to do?  I'm exhausted.  I read online that his recent regression to overnight wakings could be caused by his new found passion to walk.  

Anyone else going through a similar scenario? 

Furry Friday: Bonding

It feels like ages ago that I've written a blog post about my little buddy Riley.  He's still alive and well.  Since I last wrote about him in February, he's been enjoying his Busy Buddy Bouncy Bone and snuggling up with his mama.  I swear that bone was the best investment we made at Christmas time for him.  Even when its out of rawhide refills, he loves to sit and chew with this for hours.  It must be because he can get a better grip on it with the ball.  

At any rate, you might recall that we prematurely got him groomed in February on the same day as my dreaded Glucose Test. I love how he feels after he's groomed though.  His fur is so soft like a little teddy bear.  However, even though he really needed it, his new short haircut doesn't make him too fond of the great outdoors especially on days like today when the weatherman continues to forecast snow.  So we spend a lot of our time bundled up together on the couch in the evenings.  As I'd mentioned in my ESP post, this is the time that he just loves hugging up to my belly.  I finally got some shots of it to share on here.  I hope this is a good sign that he's already bonding with his brother.

Any pet experiences to share?  Particularly how your pet was during the pregnancy and once the little bundle of joy arrived?

Furry Friday: Toddler Tuesday

This Tuesday I watched my friend Danielle's daughter Jackie again.  I held off on posting about it until Friday because much of what I wanted to post about centered on Riley.  I must say I was so proud of how good he's been when we've had Jackie over.  You see, he's a spoiled only child.  He's great with adults, dislikes other dogs, and hasn't had too much interaction with anything under 4 years of age.  Crying babies on TV make him go bananas, as do animals, people dressed as animals (i.e. Lola), joggers, and the occasional football/basketball game.  So each time we've had Jackie over, it's been interesting to watch his interactions with her during some of his daily activities.