A day in the life of Riley

First things first: Breakfast! It really is the very first thing, I roll out of bed and get Riley and he has breakfast while I wake up. Lately he has been waking up and just hanging out in his bassinet (which is about 8 inches from me). He has not been waking up and crying for food like he used to do. He has also been sleeping about 9 hours or so. The first time he went that long was in Brewton and it had his Grandmother Etta quite worried. She did not want to disturb us but she was getting worried since it was 9 am and he had been waking up at 6 am. She was actually thinking to herself that their was nothing that could have injured both Riley and I...no gas or carbon monoxide...when she finally came upstairs we were just getting up, but we completly understood her concern. I need to calm down and start letting Riley sleep in his own room, but his bassinet, (that my mother redid for him) is beautiful and so portable so why not have him sleep right next to me, since he is now such a sound sleeper. I think if he were in the next room I would just be too nervous. Maybe by the time he is 4 months old I will feel better. This is all because I read sometyhing that said that the highest risk for SIDS is between months 2 and 4! And though I realize that it only effects 0.05 % it still makes me feel better to have him in the room with me. And though I sound like a nervous and overly cautious person, please give me some credit that I sleep through the night and do not turn my flashlight on his bassinet as many times a nioght like I used too!

Then after breakfast we have some tummy time on Mommy. Riley does not use his arms in tummy time but he pushes those feet up and occasionally I give him a little leverage with my hands which gives him a boost. Then when he is tired of that we go to the tummy time matand he gets to kicking while I get some breakfast and watch him. He typically lays on his back on his tummy time mat because it is so interesting to look up and check everything out. When he starts to get fussy we head for the rocking chair with a book, and then after that he usually sits swaddled in the boppy for a nap while I get some things done sitting next to him. Unfortunatly I do not get a nap in because Riley is more of a cat napper and he will sleep for 15-30 minutes and then he is awake again.

When his Dad comes home for lunch RIley either sits on the tummy time mat and plays with Michael or he sits in the Boppy next to him while Michael eats lunch. Then in the afternoon we go for a walk, which usually results in Riley taking a nap the whole time. And then when we get back he returns to his cat napping schedule until Michael comes home and they have more play time.