Hi welcome back! King boy is quick approaching 10 months old, so I thought I’d do a little update on what he’s been up to/what we’ve been loving the past few months! This first year truly does fly by, and I am already thinking about his first birthday!

He is such a special boy to me (but of course, as each child is!) but especially so being born after my miscarriage. He has filled a void and brought so much joy into our lives. I can’t imagine life without him.

He has seven teeth, is babbling a lot saying “nuh nuh” for nurse or eating, and often says “mama” and “dada” too. He is walking along using couches and ledges but not on his own yet. He is a speed crawler, and likes to get into lots of naughty things.

Our 22lb love boy!

Something I wanted to bring up is our struggle with sleep. I just wanted to tell you ladies what has worked for us, and maybe relate a little if you also have a baby who fights sleep!

What we used to do that slowly but surely stopped working:

King would take his naps and bedtimes at roughly the same time each day. Sometimes in my bed, sometimes in the car, sometimes in the Ergo. It was all over the place, but I liked that he was able to be versatile. The downside is sometimes he’d konk out hard, other times it seemed like I had to stand on my head and juggle in order for him to fall asleep. We co-slept at night, and often times he’d wake up before I went to bed because we were being too loud (turning lights on, watching movies, etc.). It seemed like maybe we needed to get more serious about sleep with him, and establish a clearer routine. Around a month ago when I would try to get to sleep he started throwing huge fits. Arching his back, veins in neck bulging, and screaming his cute little head off. Now it was really clear something needed to change.

I was a little upset because I did all the same things I had done with Scarlet as a baby, and she always slept and napped just fine. It’s become really apparent to me that they just have completely different personalities, and the things that worked with her might not work with him.

So I started going into his room at nap time, turning off the lights, closing the curtains, putting on white noise, and rocking him with a blanket. I started repeating the phrase ‘it’s time to go nigh night’ if he got antsy. I was so amazed at how quickly he calmed down and got into a sleepy mode. I think just having a simple routine like this really made all the difference! I can’t believe I waited this long to establish a good sleep routine.

I know some people are 100% pro sleep training, cry it out, etc. But listening to my baby scream in his crib for half an hour before falling asleep, put me so on edge and frazzled that I decided it just wasn’t for me. rocking him to sleep at this point seems to be working great, and then transferring him into the crib. I feel so much more at peace, and I can have some time without him to spend with Scarlet or get things done around the house! I do the same thing at night time as I do for naps, but he usually wakes up around 11 or 12 and sleeps the rest of the night with us. Because I still really honestly love co-sleeping.

So if you and your little one are struggling with sleep, I encourage you to make some positive changes and come up with a plan that you are comfortable with. Each baby is different, each Mama is different, let’s stop comparing and just do what works for us!

So that’s my little sleep update with Kingsley, I’m sure things will progress and change as he gets older!

I shared some favorite baby equipment in these posts here, here, and here.

Shop//King’s PJ’s-Gap, Hat-here

Thanks for stopping by!

xo

-Caitlin