Naptime

We've shared before that Dane is and always has been a great sleeper. Our naptime / nighttime ritual typically consists of Dane taking a bottle while being rocked and then he goes into the crib once the bottle is empty. He generally plays with one pacifier while sucking on the other for about 10 minutes and then he falls asleep. If there is crying for some reason, we go and take care of it and put him back down. This morning, I did all of these steps and could hear him playing in his crib through the monitor. He had been playing for about 20 minutes and didn't seem to be settling down to go to sleep, so I went in to check on him. This is what I found...

Little Monkey! I know I've said this before on the blog, but he truly is into everything. He's on the brink of crawling, still relies mostly on the army crawl to get around but he does get up on all fours to take a few "steps". It's all happening way too quickly, I can't keep up with this kid! He has been trying to pull himself up on the coffee table for a couple weeks, but at least that is where I can watch him. In his crib I can't! Oh the anxiety of parenting! Now that he's so mobile and determined, it's scary! I'm always afraid he's going to fall and bash his cute little face!