Aha! A possible victory for mommy today. Do you hear that?? No? Listen carefully; that's the sweet sweet sound of a sleeping baby. Ok... It may by too soon to declare a victory, but we're getting close, and we're certainly doing better today than the last few days. Roman had been doing really well sleeping, that is, until last week. For some reason Roman just decided that he no longer wanted to take any naps. We were struggling a bit during the day, and a couple of times I had to call Marc and ask him to come home as soon as he could to give me a little break, but I figured that he was just going through a little rough patch, and things would just get better. But then his poor sleep started to affect his night-time sleeping, and that was not ok. Marc and I have been following the advice of the book, "Sleeping through the Night," since Rome was about five weeks old or so, and we thought we were finally getting everything under control, but the last week had us questioning whether or not we had made a huge mistake somewhere along the line. In fact, yesterday Marc came home to me sitting in the rocking chair holding Roman as he slept... it was the only way the little guy would take a nap; and although I was worried that doing so would cause long-term problems, I was at my wits' end. I think Marc was more than just a little upset with me for doing so, but when you're home all day with a super-cranky baby, you'll do just about anything for a little peace and quiet. But then today I sat in his room and really thought about what it was that could be keeping him awake in there... and it hit me: it's crazy bright in there during the day. I have always known that it was a bit bright in the morning, but I guess I just never realized how much light comes into his room during the day. So today I pinned towels up in the window under his curtains (I know... super-classy, right?) to see if this would help, and it really has. Now, I have no idea whether this is a temporary or permanent fix (and if it really helps I promise I will take down the towels and grab some shades), but at least for today I have been able to shower and get a few items off my to-do list. It's a start.