Eccentricities

You love to stuff your hand up my sleeve while you nurse. If I have long sleeves, you will contort your body until you can get your hand worked under the cuff and up to stroke my arm. 

You carry headphones around with you. If you find a pair, they are your lovey for the day. You carry the plug in one hand and the head piece in the other. You're getting pretty good about watching for the tail if you drop the plug - making sure it doesn't get caught in doors. You plug them into anything that makes noise - my phone, Ryanne's iPod, the laptop. You're a little frustrated that you can't find the hole on the radio, but it's usually temporary. 

Little things

You've taken to stuffing your hands up my long sleeves when you nurse. You rub my arm. It makes for awkward positions, but it's quite endearing. 

You are singing "twinkle, twinkle," but if I try to join in you yell at me to stop.

You sing "Mahna Mahna." You were doing it in the grocery store last week and made a girl's day. She couldn't believe it. Then she fawned all over you. "Doo do do Mahna Mahna" is really cute from a 21m old. You ate it up. 

You love hats. Last weekend, you made a "Loda" hat at the library. You are quite proud of it. 

Keep the beat

Today, Nevin was rocking with the toy guitar. He walks over to me, strumming away. He pauses and looks at me. He strums some more while watching me. He strums a few times, and looks at me really hard. He strums a couple of times and gets up in my face a bit.

Finally, I start singing. He goes back to happily strumming. Glad I figured that one out. 

Sick baby

Nevin has been congested and not sleeping all that well. It's made him very cuddly during the day and much happier about being worn.

Today, he was hanging out with Chrys. Chrys wanted to do something so he tried to give him to me. "Nooooo" was the response. So Chrys went to get a carrier. "UP" was the excited response. He wore him around for a while. Chrys tried to put him down. "Nooooo...UP!"

So they wandered around with Nevin leaning back and trying to look over Chrys' shoulders to see what was going on. It took quite some time (and a good movie) to finally get Nevin to want to get down.

I am going to enjoy the cuddles, but I am looking forward to him being healthy again.

Nunu

Today, Nevin decided that his Very Hungry Caterpillar stuffed animal was a Boppy. He carefully wrapped it around his waist and got settled. He nursed Annie and Winnie the Pooh. They both wanted "dasigh" (other side). I really can't argue. Once he put it on his waist, it looked convincingly like a toddler sized Boppy...

"Pants"

He put this on himself. Well, the bottoms anyway. He is irate that they won't stay up. 

Sleep

Nevin has never slept more than 5 hours. Ever. That random night where you wake up in a panic because the baby slept. Never happened. 

He's a light eater. Doesn't eat much during the day. Doesn't nurse much during the day. Nurses every 2-3 hours all night long. 

Honestly, this doesn't bother me that much. He needs to eat. We have a rhythm. I sleep pretty well with him. We wake up, roll over, latch and I'm back out. 

Lately, he's been having a harder time going to sleep. If he naps after 10:30 in the morning, it takes him over an hour to get to sleep. In that time, he nurses and thrashes. He isn't fussy, but it isn't exactly fun. 

Today's nap was at 11:30. When he finished nursing and started to roll around on my lap tonight, I decided to try a different tactic. I put him down in his crib. He stood up and talked to me. He bounced. He fell over (which elicited his only tears of the evening). Eventually he settled down, laid down and fell asleep. I did some singing as he settled, but that was all he needed. 

We will see how it progresses. I don't know what I expect. I don't know what I anticipate. It's interesting, though.