Today was a better day for David. He slept great last night and woke up (a little earlier than usual) very happy. He ate, played and had a great time this morning. But, after a very short nap, he was back to irritable and grumpy. When it came time for nap #2, he once again cut it extremely short and woke up crying. As soon as I picked him up out of his bed he buried his head into my chest and fell back asleep. Not one to ever pass up a chance to hold my sweet baby, I sat in his rocking chair and figured he would wake up within a few minutes. And perhaps I could stand to close my eyes for a moment or two while I waited. When we both woke up over 2 1/2 hours had passed as we were snuggled up in the rocking chair together. What a great way to wake up!! After that nap, David was much happier and my playful, laughing, somewhat mischievous little boy was back.

Looks like to get through this phase of teething I will just have to hold him while he sleep so he can get some good naps in during the day. It's a hard job, but someone's gotta do it.