Sleep is good. Â Tristan seems to be learning this. Â He’s finally getting pretty good at taking his naps (at least at night — Kirin could speak more for the daytime). Â Basically, if he’s sleepy, taking him upstairs and laying with him on the bed tends to calm him enough that he can be put down in his crib, and actually sleep. Â Â
We’ve also learned (from watching Grandma Linda!) that Tristan is generally soothed by the patting on the back. Â Not something we’d really noticed before, but, for instance, tonight, he woke up after being in the crib for ~15 minutes; Â I simply went up, started patting him on the back, and boom, out he goes again. Â Total nap time tonight: Â 3+ hours.Â
In part, I’d worried that he’d wind up sleeping less overnight as a result, but in the past couple of weeks, he’s actually been really good about sleeping 7+ hours.Â
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Also: Â he’s been relatively good about riding in the car – which is good. Â We’ve been touring various parts of town, looking at houses – sometimes spending hours in the car, driving in circles. Â He’s worse about it when we actually stop to go inside – he tends to fuss when we put him back in the car.