I do not want to jinx it but I think we might be on a roll with Cameron for sleeping (insert happy dance!). He's not actually had a bottle in the middle of the night for about 5-6 nights. He's slept all the way through two nights. He's woken up less and less other nights. I know we will likely backslide back a few times. But, today is a nice day after sleeping a nice stretch of time. I did of course do the 4:30 ish wake up, the "Wait a minute, is he still sleeping??? Is he okay? Should I check on him?" Crazy how you almost get used to getting up.
So, one thing that probably helped the good sleeping for Cameron was a long day for everyone on Saturday. We headed down to Disney. I spent much of Friday making a list of things to bring. I dashed about Saturday morning packing bottles, spoons, baby food, bib, etc, etc. I had about 4 bags of stuff. Even ponchos and a raincoat for if it rained! We were about 20-30 minutes in when we realized that we had both forgotten the biggest, most important and most difficult to replace item......the stroller. I confess we did a bad thing in that moment. We went to Walmart and bought a stroller with the intent to return it the next day. We stopped at a friend's house for a brief visit as planned and Carey assembled the stroller quickly.
The replacement stroller worked out okay although it was a single and so we could only put one boy in it. Although we had fun joking we were going to sit Cameron on Caleb's lap. Caleb was very tired later in the day from all of the walking and I think he's almost outgrown his shoes too. Thankfully he could fit in the stroller for at least some breaks from the walking.
We almost packed it in and went back home when we stopped at the Contemporary Resort to try and feed Cameron some baby food. In looking bad, if it had been on a sitcom, I probably would have been laughing hysterically. Target practice on a squirmy baby with squash is not an activity I would highly recommend. And doing this so close to the escalators was of course asking for trouble with too much temptation for Caleb. Thank goodness for the guardian angel that watched over him as he wandered off and took a solo trip up and down the escalator. My heart still jumps into my throat at the thought of him doing this.
The balance came later on when we sat on a boat and rode around the waterway to Epcot and some of the hotels. Cameron was hanging over my arm, laughing and giggling as he played with Caleb's hair. Caleb of course ate it up and was egging him on. It would have been a great picture if we could have found the camera in time. But at least I can think about it and remember that we did have wonderful moments like that. Plus some great pizza and funnel cake. Just enough of a break from the ordinary and everyday. And a good practice run for the next time we head down there. With our stroller!!!!
Man, I still need a nap from this weekend....hope everyone is doing well.
CC
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