I love my baby.
I could leave it at that, but here's another reason to add to the list of about 100: Tonight, after another failed attempt to get him to sleep, I gave up trying to rock him and laid him instead on the changing table (for the obvious reason, but also because that's where we do a good bit of our socializing). After I had changed his diaper and his outfit (due to a lovely dose of spit-up), I leaned in and put my face just a couple of inches from his so I could talk to him. His big ol' smile disappeared as he studied my face.
Now, as part of our nighttime feeding tradition, I like to stroke his cheek as he nods off to sleep. Baby skin is just so soft, and I like the feel of his skin against mine. Well, tonight as we stared at each other on the changing table, his little fist came up and rested on my cheek. With a little pat-pat, that beautiful little fist then explored my chin, my nose, and my cheek while he gazed up at me. I could have melted right then except then I would have missed the whole experience. His little fist stayed on my cheek for a good two minutes as we talked back and forth, and when I stroked his cheek again, he beamed at me.
These are the moments that take my breath away as a mom. I love my Wesley.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Milestone Moments
It's been pretty exciting around here the last four days. Wesley has achieved a few milestones; my baby is growing up so well!
1. Thursday, June 4th - He put a toy into his mouth for the first time using his hands. His fists have been the object of choice for the last couple of weeks, and he has managed to push (with his flailing arms) his toy zebra up to his mouth to gnaw on its nose. However, now he is gripping an actual toy, his green teething doll (eco-friendly, of course), and putting its arms into his mouth. This happened for the first time on our way to the library for Mother Goose time; I saw it in the rearview mirror and had to force myself to turn my eyes back to the road instead of watching his happy chomping.
2. He is beginning to sleep longer at night (yay!). He pulled 10 hours straight Thursday night. Needless to say, I was giddy on Friday with sleep overdose.
3. Saturday, June 6th - my baby laughed for the first time! An honest-to-God laugh! The laughs were brought about courtesy of his daddy, who gently tickled his sides. Wesley giggled and laughed for nearly three minutes! He has giggled a couple of times before, but he had been asleep each time, and there was usually just one giggle as though someone had tickled him in his sleep. This, however, was the real thing, and there has never been a more perfect sound.
4. Is teething around the corner? There's been a lot of gnawing lately: fists, toy doll, Mama. Will update as details continue to develop.
Being a mom is the best.
1. Thursday, June 4th - He put a toy into his mouth for the first time using his hands. His fists have been the object of choice for the last couple of weeks, and he has managed to push (with his flailing arms) his toy zebra up to his mouth to gnaw on its nose. However, now he is gripping an actual toy, his green teething doll (eco-friendly, of course), and putting its arms into his mouth. This happened for the first time on our way to the library for Mother Goose time; I saw it in the rearview mirror and had to force myself to turn my eyes back to the road instead of watching his happy chomping.
2. He is beginning to sleep longer at night (yay!). He pulled 10 hours straight Thursday night. Needless to say, I was giddy on Friday with sleep overdose.
3. Saturday, June 6th - my baby laughed for the first time! An honest-to-God laugh! The laughs were brought about courtesy of his daddy, who gently tickled his sides. Wesley giggled and laughed for nearly three minutes! He has giggled a couple of times before, but he had been asleep each time, and there was usually just one giggle as though someone had tickled him in his sleep. This, however, was the real thing, and there has never been a more perfect sound.
4. Is teething around the corner? There's been a lot of gnawing lately: fists, toy doll, Mama. Will update as details continue to develop.
Being a mom is the best.
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