We got several gift cards for xmas, and decided to try and use them yesterday since we both had the day off. We even bought the baby along. I saw something that absolutely blew my mind. A pair of shoes for 0-3 months with memory foam in the soles! A shoe with extra cushioning for a 3 month old baby! That’s about 3 months before crawling. I suppose next up there will be athletic equipment for him. Maybe a football helmet, or a baseball glove. Anyway, sorry about the rant, but I couldn’t believe it. Jordan got fussy yesterday when it was time to eat, so I took him over to the food court while mama was looking at shoes. I asked a guy at the pizza place for a cup of hot water to heat the bottle. He was happy to help, but when he looked at the baby he asked if the baby was ok. I said he’s fine, he had just been scratching at the cannula a lot lately. The guy looked at me like I was crazy. It took me several minutes to realize why. I looked at Jordan and saw the scratch under his eye as the only thing unusual. I forgot that babies tend not to have oxygen cannulas taped to their face to help them breathe.
When you see photos of babies you see them in 2 stages. The first stage is the blob where they just sit there and do nothing, but they are tiny and cute. The second stage is where they are sitting up or crawling and playing with toys and laughing at everything. Jordan is in between right now. He is awake a lot of the time and is just starting to use his big muscles. He kicks all the time. In fact, he’s strong enough to stand up. Don’t get me wrong, he has no balance, but he’s strong. He moves his arms around a lot, but can’t control where he moves them, so he just hits his parents – hard. He isn’t really interested in toys yet, but he takes great pride in what he can do. The reason he has a scratch on his face is he is becoming really good at moving that darn cannula. He loves kicking during diaper changes. He really likes hitting his mother – hard. It’s going to be a really good year for Jordan. I even dipped his pacifier into the greens yesterday.
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Jordan may not be in complete control of his motions yet, but blob he is not! I keep telling you, that kid is slick! Just like he knows how to take his cannula out, he knows he's hitting you, and I'll bet he's doing it hard on purpose. I'm telling you, kids pick up on things...he knows that you have a life of hard labor planned for him, and he's just getting in all his licks now while he can still get away with the he-can't-control-his-movements-yet argument.
There are spelling tricks that they teach in school: "I before E except after C, etc." In Our family it's "T before I or else you will die." Traci ---- Terri --- TonIIIIIIII.
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