Isaiah has recently discovered one of life's loveliest pleasures: sleeping like spoons. His habit from birth has been to fall asleep while nursing and either continue to sleep facing me or roll over onto his back. During the last few weeks, his pattern has changed. After nursing himself just to the edge of sleep, he unlatches, pushes his little body up with his hands, and flips himself around so his back is pressed into my tummy (he snuggles closer if necessary). Then, he's out within seconds. Interestingly, he only does this at night, not when I put him down for naps. I wonder if he knows that it's at night when I stay in bed with him, so that's the time to get cozy.
Isaiah has also decided that he will no longer tolerate his dad staying up past bedtime (i.e., Isaiah's bedtime). If Matt is reading or doing something on the computer, Isaiah can be dead tired, and I can pull out all the stops to get him to sleep, but he is not staying in bed. He'll go along with my efforts for a while, but sooner or later he'll pull away, scoot off the bed, and go find out what Dad is up to. We've had to adjust our nighttime routine so that we turn all the lights out and pile into bed together when Isaiah is ready to sleep. I have to admit, I feel bad that Matt has lost some of his only "alone" time, but going to bed as a family is pretty darn nice. Smart kid.
