易峰又开始晚上730睡觉了。从中国回来后，易峰对我们家突然很陌生，所以我们就让他赖在我们的床上两周，他可真是爽呀，每天晚上都打着小呼噜，吵得我有时都睡不着。从上礼拜，我们通过给易峰睡觉前讲故事，他很快就困了，在床上哼哼唧唧一两分钟也就倒头大睡了。就是每天早上四点半左右就会醒，我通常比较自私地把他抱到我们的床上再接着睡，那么早，困死了，没精力跟他再折腾。但我知道这样很不好，对小孩子的要求没有连贯性，一致性。我应该狠狠心让他一个人在自己的床里哭，哭累了就睡了。估计我妈看到这又有意见了。在中国真没听说小孩子睡觉有这么多问题的，开始都是跟大人睡，慢慢转到自己的床上都挺好的，怎么在美国这么难，也可能是我对国内的情况也不熟悉了。
现在晚上七点钟开始洗澡，然后DAVE给易峰穿衣服，喂奶，讲故事，基本上每天七点半的左右易峰就睡了。Dave花更多的时间和易峰玩，照顾易峰，易峰明显和爸爸的关系急速加温，每天易峰听到爸爸的车听在门口了，都会兴奋的手舞足蹈，叫“爸爸”。有些时候妈妈还有些醋意呢。
Does anybody use alarm clock to wake up in the morning? If you do, I want to send our Alex to your home and he will wake you up pretty on time between 4AM and 430AM every morning!
After we came back from China, we kept Alex in our bed for two weeks because he totally forgot our house and his crib. He freaked out and could cry for 4 straight hours at the first couple of nights we tried to leave him in the crib. So we decided to take steps to bring him back on the track. Of course, Dave and I don’t like how Alex kept kicking us at night. He might be dreaming of playing soccer or something.
One week ago we started step two–send Alex back to his crib. I have to admit I was afraid Alex would cry and scream during the transition. Alex always sleeps on his back and looks pretty relaxed when he is in our bed. In his own crib, he sleeps on his tummy and buries his head into the pillow most of time. I don’t know if that is a sign that he doesn’t feel safe.
The first two nights of transition turned out to be unbelievably smooth. Advised by Michelle, my good friend at Flex, we started to read Alex stories at the bed time. It really works! Now even at daytime nap, Alex falls asleep much faster if we rock him and read him books.
Dave has become an expert putting Alex to bed at night. My mom keeps saying it is not good to let children sleep by themselves, let alone cry for hours. (It is true that in China parents don’t do that.) So my immunity to Alex’s cry becomes weaker and weaker. I feel so guilty. Fortunately, I have Dave. Now every night, after Alex and Mommy take a shower together, Daddy will take Alex, dress him, feed him, read to him, and put him in the crib and say Good Night. Mommy behaves like a coward checking the monitor downstairs.
As a reward, Alex started to call “BaBa” or “Daddy” every evening he hears daddy’s car coming or see daddy step into the house. How sweet is that!
Before I finish this post, let’s quickly take a look at Alex’s new skills.
1. He can sign “eat”, “doggie” or ‘”gougou” (doggie in Chinese)
2. He can walk up to three steps. The most important thing is he knows he can walk!
3. He got some red bumps on his left leg. Checked with Doctor, they think that is an unknown allergy reaction. Those bumps seem not to bother him.
4. He weighted 25 pounds with clothes
5. He is fascinated by trash cans and the lawnmower, and will point them say “WuWu”
6. He accepted goat milk, but still thinks the sippy cup is just for water, not milk.
7. He thinks it is fun to bend down to bite his toes
8. No.9 and No.10 teeth are coming down
9. He likes to cover his face to play peek-a-boo. He plays it with every teacher at daycare. Very cute. The teachers call him the ladies man.
10. He can push Mommy in the John Deere
1. 易峰可以用手语打“吃”“狗狗”。他很喜欢小动物，每次出去遛弯，看见遛狗的，他都会连比划带说“狗狗”
2. 易峰不那么害怕走路了，上礼拜天我们在院子里玩的时候，我让他在我一两尺外站好，然后鼓励他向妈妈走过来，他走几趟，就变得信心百倍了。现在他至少他知道他自己可以走了。
3. 穿着衣服上礼拜秤了一下， 25磅
4. 易峰非常好奇垃圾桶和除草机，一看到垃圾桶， 就看看我们，指指垃圾桶，撅着嘴，唔唔的叫
5. 喂了易峰羊奶，他并不排斥， 尽管羊奶的气味很重
6.有些时候他会坐下来咬自己的脚趾头，觉得好玩，如果我大笑他的可爱行为，他就咬得更起劲。
7.易峰又长了两颗牙，在上面。
8.易峰喜欢自己捂着脸玩藏猫猫。
9.易峰有个小车是让小孩子学走路的，有时候我坐在上面，易峰就推着我满屋乱转。终于小东西能给老妈服务了，心里很是满足。
