The baby has started to throw up more. He will vomit at least daily and more than once if we aren’t careful. We can’t play with him too much for about an hour after eating and putting him on the shoulder is pretty much a bad idea when he’s awake. Due to the drooling, he is always wearing a bib anyway, but between the drool and vomit he goes through at least 6 or 7 bibs per day. He only goes through 4 or 5 bottles. Things would probably be worse if he wasn’t sleeping through the night. The good news is that he is sleeping through the night almost all the time. The main thing that wakes him up overnight is pretty much him. He hates wearing the cannula, and leaving it taped on irritates the skin, so he spends all of his time trying to pull it off. At night he will shake his head back and forth until it comes off. Sometimes it will move down until it’s around his neck. Other times it will move up until it’s around his eyes. That’s when he has to call the parents.
Jordan and I have started playing together. It is so cool that I can do something and have him react. Before, I couldn’t get him to do anything, but now. Our favorite game is play and hate. I sit Jordan on my lap facing me. Then I start making funny noises and laughing. He thinks that is pretty fun so he laughs too. Then I laugh. Then he laughs. We keep going back and forth for a few minutes until he’s nice and happy. Then I hand him to his mother. He is still looking at me because of all the interaction. That means he either still focuses on me and laughing while sitting on her lap, or he starts looking at her and stops laughing. She hates that.
Finally, I learned something about babies this past week. I thought that the next developmental stages for him would be starting to reach for his toys. Babies are supposed to reach for things that they want and we’ve been looking forward to that. No one told me that before babies can reach, they first must swing. I was trying to get him to grab my nose this past weekend. He swung his arm and punched me. Hard! He thought it was funny.
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Awww, I know Baby J just has to hate that thing!! You remember the movie There's Something About Mary? Mary's older brother had a thing with his ears and dude walks up to him and innocently pulls a quarter (or something) from behind his ear and the brother then proceeded to beat the h.e. double hockey sticks out of him? I know it's not likely to happen, but I can just imagine: Jordan's 3 years old, It's cold season and one of you trying to wipe his nose?...I'm sorry- what can I say? I get a tickle...:)
But re: the post? Mama, maybe try bopping Big Ali on the head with an empty soda bottle...? You know, laughter and smiles when you do it, but I knew a baby, he'd crack up at the sight of an empty soda bottle until he was 3 years old behind that one...
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