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i’m very excited to report that joaquin emerged from the latest sleep regression rather quickly and fell almost immediately into a new pattern of sleep wherein he no longer wakes up at 4a-ish for a feeding session.  in fact, he typically goes to sleep somewhere around 8p each night and doesn’t wake up again until 6:30a!    
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it seems like A LOT of babies do this A LOT sooner than joaquin learned how to do it (maybe because i continued to enable his 4a feeding), but it seems like a blessed miracle that our baby is finally doing it.   i had no idea how awesome it could be to have a baby that slept more than 8 hours at a time — and now he’s averaging 11 hours per night (sometimes 12!)  

additionally, his naps are getting longer and are more effective.   he’s becoming more and more alert to EVERYTHING around him, he’s super sensitive to our moods and body language (even more than before) and he seems to UNDERSTAND so much more now.   he’s in a development leap at the moment, and apparently this leap is more about putting things back together vs. tearing things apart.  should be very interesting.

JRB CURRENTS

favorite food:  BLUEBERRIES.  want to eat all of the bluberries.  in FACT: his butt is actually stained a blu-ish hue due to the sheer amount of blueberries he consumes and then… poops.

favorite tv show:  yo gabba gabba.   loves, loves, loves.

favorite new game:  remove the cushions and pillows from the big chair and create a climbing-mountain situation with the ottoman.  i really should show a pic of this.  stay tuned.

favorite saying:   "da-da-da-da-da-da"

favorite animal:  my brother/sister-in-law’s english bulldog, daisy.   

I GOTTA GO.

more to come.