let me introduce you to your crib, not to be confused with the toilet

It's another napless day around here. Elias is currently having a good ol' time in his crib, during afternoon nap attempt #2. His morning nap was delayed thanks to a poopy diaper event about 15 to 20 minutes after I put him down. He seems incapable of doing his business any other way lately, even if I wait longer than usual to put him down for a nap. Anyway, he finally fell asleep after another 20 minutes or so, around 10:15 or 10:30 I think it was, but still woke up at 11 on the dot. He seems to wake up at 11 regardless of when he falls asleep. After a bottle and snack we ran some errands and then came home and experimented with a way to squeeze in some much-needed me-time. Since I can't seem to rely on Elias's naps to get things done, and many evenings I'm downright beat by the time we get him to bed, I thought I'd try setting up the pack 'n' play near my art corner in our bedroom.


I plopped him down with some toys and a couple of books and he seemed to enjoy himself as I spent about 20-25 minutes finishing up a project that had been sitting on my table for a few days. Win-win.

It's quiet now. I wonder if he's asleep. Or maybe he's working on the second poopy diaper of the day. At least he's getting some use out of that crib. It's always a gamble. I wondered if I should try again to get him to nap or just throw in the towel and go for a walk on this gorgeous spring day. Can I have both?

In other news, here's that video I mentioned in my previous post, take one:



And take two: