It was date night for Jack’s parents so I went over to hang out with him.  Now that he can walk and understands so much more, he’s getting easier to babysit.  He played with his toys and even did a big “Ta Da!” for me from behind the curtains (sorry the photo is so blurry).

We went through the usual going-to-bed routine but he put up a little bit of fight today.  He was obviously pooped out but seemed to need a little company too.  Plan A is to leave the room and allow him to fall asleep on his own so that’s what I did.  After about 15 minutes of whining and eventually screaming, I decided to go back in his room for Plan B.  I laid him back down (he was standing in the crib), patted his back for a couple seconds, and stood over the crib as he settled down.  Every couple minutes he would look up to make sure I was still standing there and then turn back over to sleep.  It was quite cute.  It didn’t take long for him to finally fall asleep and I was able to leave the room without a peep out of him.  What a funny little dude.  It’ll be interesting once he starts talking.