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.

'Poon

Nevin absolutely must have a spoon to eat anything. Doesn't matter if it's edible with a spoon or if it needs a spoon. He has to have one. Usually he just holds on to it while he eats. If given food, he will walk to the drawer in the kitchen and stand there...waiting for a spoon.

Today, he's eating raisins. I'm pretty sure he would live on just raisins if I would let him. He can pick them out of anything (like today's blueberries). He will finish a bowl and demand more. He signs more and it means raisins. Loves raisins.

Trash

Nevin has learned to throw things away. This is a double edged sword because he's not all that selective about what gets thrown away. Sometimes I have to recover things - like my DS pen. Sometimes he's really helpful - like throwing away the trash from making boxes at the post office while I start paying. He's also sometimes decides he wants to play with something instead of throw it away so I can't give him anything really messy.

Tonight at dinner, he was throwing away trash for us. He threw away a bag. He came back for another bag. That one had something in it so it must be studied. He saw the cup the fries came in. He took that out, handed the trash off to his sister (who was helping him open the can) an walked to the drink machine. He wasn't all that happy when we took the cup back and threw it away...

Two words?

Yesterday, he said, "Gogo doh" while pointing at the door of our bedroom. Usually he says "gogo" or "doh" but not together. Chrys and I agreed that it was a fluke.

Then he was sitting on the toilet with me and said, "Mama dun" with his sign for done.

Maybe not a fluke. Two word sentences already?!? Maybe that big giant head has a purpose.

Gotta eat

He found a Duplo pitch fork and a random brick and started using them together. He bangs the pitchfork somewhere on the brick and then shoves it into someone's mouth. So far Corin and I have been fed. He seems very proud of himself.

Eat

Nevin has taken to signing eat. All. The. Time.

He signs it when he wants to nurse (which is any time he can see my chest). He signs it in the kitchen. He signs it in the dining room. He signs it when daddy gets home (because dinner comes shortly after).

Fortunately, this followed a day where he walked into the kitchen, went to the lazy susan, got a packet of applesauce, walked to the dining room (waiting for me at the door) to get to his high chair, waited to be picked up, handed me the pouch to open, took it away when I tried to feed him with a spoon, and then proceeded to suck every ounce out of food from it.

You'd think we were starving him.

Straws

He can use them!!