Sleeping and Relatedness

At the advice of cousins and friends, we started putting Kyler in his crib at night. He seems to have adjusted just fine, better than Mommy has; she misses her little guy being right next to her. However, this has not helped him sleep through the night yet. He is still getting up 1-2 times per night. But, it ws a big step that had to be done sooner or later and he seems to be getting better sleep.

Kelly and I had mentioned that we weren't sure how all the babies were related. I spoke with Jennifer and she wasn't sure either. It gets pretty complicated with first, second, third cousins, and what's all this "removed" stuff? So I did some research.

Your first cousins are the people in your family who have the same grandparents as you. Your second cousins are the people in your family who have the same great-grandparents as you, but not the same grandparents. Your third cousins have the same great-great-grandparents, and so on. Therefore, Ethan, Jake, Madison, and Kyler are all second cousins. Their children will be third cousins to each other.

When the word "removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people are from different generations. The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation. For example, your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. So the moms are first cousins, once removed to the babies. For example, Jennifer and Jake are first cousins, once removed.

Anyway, thought it was interesting and here is a couple more photos. Kyler sleeping in the Bjorn with Daddy and Kyler becoming a TV junky like Daddy!