Rough Nights

Alden is still having trouble going to bed and sleeping through the night. We thought we had this licked, but apparently we do not. The trick that worked last time of letting him cry for awhile no longer works. I guess the parental problem (worry) is either having Alden develop trust issues (letting him cry to sleep) or dependency issues (comfort him to sleep). Since we have not been able to find the happy medium, and since comforting him is the only thing that seems to work these days, I guess we'll roll the dice with dependency issues.

During the day however Alden is usually really charming and happy. He is extremely verbal and is developing a since of humor. His biggest joke is with Karen. It started last week when she was over for a BBQ. Alden pointed to the briquettes and said "Poo". Karen thought it was hilarious. Now whenever he sees her he says "Poo", and she laughs. It's kind of an 'in' joke between them because he doesn't try it with us. I think we're better at not laughing at such things since we would have to put up with the Poo Joke every day if it caught on here.

Alden learned that he can blow bubbles in his water a couple days ago. We are very impressed.

Alden with his vodka bottle and my pal Darrell with a beer. Having a drink before going off to the Artwalk Gardiner.