It never ceases to amaze me what Daniel Paul will think of next. I have recently witnessed him spinning in circles until he is so dizzy he bounces off his crib, the toy box and the door frame before following me out of his room. At this point I insist on carrying him down the stairs…as if that would be in question. Also, he has a new fascination with taking off his clothes and his diaper. He doesn’t have the opportunity often so its usually when I put him down for a nap and or down to bed at night. I went to get him from his nap on Saturday and when I opened his door his was giving me a full moon. Another puzzling moment came after I put him down for bed on Friday. It had been a long and exhausting day for the both of us between going to the pool with a friend and the volunteer party for the triathlon that we attended and which began at his usual bedtime. Needless to say it was not easy for him to just hunker down and go to sleep. After a few minutes he began a small rant which is not uncommon but the way he was ranting was. I went to check on him. It was too dark to see him when I entered his room. As I walked over to his crib and reached in to sooth him, I noticed he had made his way under the fitted sheet with the sheet still tightly intact on his mattress. It was almost like he was trying to find his way out of a collapsed tent. I cannot figure out how he managed to do this but am still working through possible scenarios to help me think of ways to prevent his doing this. I check on him every night before I go to sleep as most parents probably do but made particular care to visually see him sleeping on top of the sheet before I could go to bed myself.
