Sleep Sheep

Asher has made a new friend- his name is Sleep Sheep! Sleep Sheep is a stuffed animal that my grandma gave Asher. He makes soothing noises (rain, ocean, heartbeat, etc) that are supposed to help babies sleep. Not Asher- at less than 8 weeks old, he has decided that he is a social butterfly and would rather make friends than take a nap. Yesterday when we tried to get him to take a nap (he was getting cranky and needed one) we put him in the crib and turned on the ocean noise of Sleep Sheep. When we checked in on him, we found him staring at Sleep Sheep, the only thing in the room that was making noise. I blogged a few weeks ago about how Asher looks toward whoever is talking more while we are going to bed and tries to join in the conversations by making his own little noises. Well, we figure that he was trying to make a connection with Sleep Sheep too. He just laid there and stared at him forever, but started fussing when the timer turned the noise off. Needless to say, the nap didn't happen. He eventually fell asleep in the car when we went on a drive to check out the area around Spokane.