fighting sleep, among other things

ok, so trevor's decided to start this fighting sleep thing. . . last night it took him nearly 2 hours to finally calm down and sleep. there was no REASON for it, other than the fact that he COULD. he refused to take an afternoon nap yesterday and is in the process of throwing a tantrum in his crib right now as well. ugh! he's so tired and you can tell, but he REFUSES to sleep! i have no idea what's going on w/ him, he's healthy, he's fed, he has a clean diaper. he's been loved on and played w/, there's nothing OBVIOUS that's wrong w/ him. every attempt i make at calming him down only gets him more convinced to continue the scream-fest, so here i am, forced to listen to him scream while praying the whole time that he'll eventually stop and fall asleep. . . and hopefully that'll happen before it's time to get up. . .

so i know i have it easy, that he's relatively low-maintenance as far as babies go, but still. i like my happy-go-lucky baby; i haven't no idea what happens that turns him into this cranky, fussy mess that he sometimes turns into. he's like baby jeckel and mr. hyde, i swear!

however, on a positive note, trevor's decided it's time to start feeding himself. i sat him down for lunch and proceeded to feed him some applesauce, a current favorite. . . he ate about 2 bites before he started fussing and reaching for the spoon. then he got upset b/c i wouldn't let him have it, so i figured i'd give him some puffs to munch on in between bites of applesauce. . . well, he COMPLETELY lost interest in the applesauce, so his lunch consisted solely of blueberry puffs. . . oh well. . . check him out--

he did very well, in my opinion. he dropped a few on the floor and in his seat, but not many, compared to how many he actually got in his mouth! plus, being the resourceful mommy that i am, i fished them out and put them back on his tray. . . :P oh well, i figure i just cleaned the floor a couple days ago, and the only thing that's been in the high chair is trevor, so it wouldn't hurt him. :)

so i think trevor's FINALLY settling down to sleep! yay! the part you wouldn't know is that i stopped typing this for about 20 minutes to give him a bottle, teething drops, and tylenol and let him chew on my finger (ouch) in hopes that it would help. he still cried for about 10 minutes when i put him down, but he's been quiet for a few minutes now, yay!

AUGH! some idiot just raced up the street on a VERY loud motorcycle. i SWEAR, if they woke him up. . . ugh! *pause* ok, nothing yet, so i think it's safe to assume he didn't notice. . . good. i was about to go kick some shins. . .

so back to the feeding himself thing, i'm excited; i'm hoping this is the beginning of trevor being able to handle foods that aren't completely liquified. so far the only other thing he can handle is the gerber puffs. i gave him a couple bits of cheese at lunch and he seemed to do alright w/ those. and the other day i gave him tiny pieces of avocado. he did really well! i'm just wondering what else he'll be able to handle vs. what he'll end up gagging on, you know?

i got pictures the other day when trevor figured out his sippy cup! yay! here's a picture of that--

that was on friday. . . then on sunday, we were at church and he saw another little boy leave his sippy cup on the floor, so he made a beeline for it. i grabbed it right before he did. . . that would be all we need, for trevor to slobber all over someone else's cup and spread his germs. he's been sick so much lately, i just don't wanna risk giving any of that to other kids. . . anyways, he was all upset and started to cry b/c i wouldn't let him have the cup. poor kid. whatever, though, he was fine. i distracted him w/ a toy and he was happy again. . .

so yeah, i just wanted to brag on trevor a little, but now that he's asleep, i'm gonna get some other things done. . . i'll write more another day!