~A Post about a Big Brother...~

So I am working on getting Ethan to have better naps that do not require me to rock him to sleep. Basically I'm doing some sleep training. I don't have a book, just winging it based on stuff I've read online. Anyhow, I'm sure you know that it means that Ethan has been doing a little more crying that usual around here.

So today I put him down for his first nap of the day and he starts crying. I go to the kitchen and start emptying the dishwasher. After a couple of minutes I hear Tigger meowing. I go looking for him because he was driving me nuts and I wanted to tell him to shut up. I couldn't find him anywhere! Finally I walk by Ethans' room and he jumps down off of the nightstand next to Ethans' crib and comes towards me meowing. The whole time, Ethan is crying his head off. So I tell Tigger to be quiet and to get out of Ethans' room. I walk over to the crib and give Ethan a little reassurance that I'm still around and leave the room again. Ethan continues to cry. A bit hysterically actually. But I knew it was just for show. So Tigger walks into Ethans' room, plops down on the floor beside his crib, looks at the crib and then me, meowing the whole time! As if to say "Hello!!! Mother, baby Ethan needs you!!!" I grabbed the camera to get some pics and wished I had a video camera! He kept meowing until Ethan went to sleep and then he moved to the foot of the crib and laid down and kept one eye on Ethan while he had a nap.

By far the cutest thing I've seen him do in ages!!! Don't get me wrong, it's not the first time he's meowed when Ethan has cried. I just thought he was doing it before because it annoyed him...not because he was worried! So here are a couple of pics of 'Big Brother Tigger' trying to get me to go into Ethans room!