On any given day, this is where you will find Roman: in his swing with his best friend Barnaby. We having been spending more and more time outside now that the weather is getting warmer (a little too warm this week, but it's supposed to cool down a bit). He just loves that swing. Thanks (again) Ken and Lexy; that swing has become one of our favorite gifts ever! And, of course, we cannot go anywhere without our Barnaby. We learned this the hard way. Barnaby can make Rome happy whether he is in the car, at the doctor's, out shopping, or hanging out on his big quilt. I didn't want to ruin the love that Roman has for Barnaby, so up until now Barnaby has been kept out of the bedroom and out of the bedtime routine, but I think that that may be changing. Roman is now strong enough to reach up and grab his mobile, and that means that it is time for the mobile to come down. It's going to be a sad day for me because that mobile has been a life saver on many occasions, and as soon as we got it Rome did start sleeping better. But in our never-ending saga that is Rome's not-so-good sleep habits, Rome has been off his usual sleep schedule since we got back from Seattle, and we're getting desperate over here. Marc was in Iowa for work last week, and every night Rome was awake every two hours; all I can say is that that is super rough when you're all by yourself. But we managed, and I was super happy that Marc was only gone for three nights. Roman seems to be falling back into his old routine, but I think removing his mobile and not replacing it with a "lovey," as so many people refer to it, would be a very bad idea. So here's to hoping that Barnaby can save the day for me... again.
