I think Ethan has started to catch on that when we put him in the crib, we leave. Now, if he's not ready to go to sleep, he lets us know loud and clear that he wants to keep playing! It's been going on for a few days now and I'm going crazy! A couple months ago we started working on getting him to fall asleep on his own, which he was doing really well for about a month. We would put him to bed after he started yawning and rubbing his eyes and usually he'd just talk to himself for a couple minutes and fall asleep.

And now...sigh.

At least he DID fall asleep tonight, albeit after several minutes of yelling. The other night, after he cried on and off (the off-times were when we were holding him) for an hour, we actually had to take him for a drive...first time ever. We put him in the car seat and he was happy as can be, which is why I think his screaming is crib-related. He played with the toys that hang off the seat for a few minutes then closed his peepers and fell fast asleep. Today I tried to put him down after being awake for 2 hours as per usual, but no can do. He yelled at me all through my shower! So I caved and let him come play for a bit and he was fine for another hour and a half. Apparently he doesn't need to sleep as often anymore. I guess we need to get with the program. :)

On a side note, we're hoping to buy a house in the next few months. We've only been looking on MLS and com-free so far but it seems promising. We just need to start looking at places now. We found this place on ComFree that was too good to be true...unfortunately it wasn't, but someone else snapped it up already. Sigh. We're really looking for a place within walking distance of Jon's work so we can sell the Echo, but that area is pretty expensive.