Phases of Development

It's been amazing watching Elliot go through the different phases of physical development in the last two months. I started thinking about it last night when I went to get him from his crib in the middle of the night. I remember when he first started sleeping in his crib and woke up in the middle of the night (around 4-5 months), he would be laying there crying. Then around 6 months of age, when I got him in the middle of the night, he's up on all fours stuck at the end of the crib (from scooting backwards) and crying. Then a month ago, he would be sitting up staring at the wall and crying in his crib. His cognitive development has grown too. Last night, he was standing in his crib, holding the rails and facing the door while crying, waiting for me (or my husband) to come through the door. I wish I had pictures of him in the middle of the night so that I can juxtapose them in progression.

I don't remember that with Scarlett (my memory has also faded too). She did sleep through the night for the most part, but I do remember when she started sitting up in her crib. It was her first sleep-training night. She sat up in her crib holding the rails crying instead of going to sleep with her lovie. I remember sitting outside her bedroom door for two hours waiting for her to fall asleep. She cried for two hours, and myself too, outside her door.