Day 16

I only know that he woke at 3:00 a.m. Mom pleaded with me to perform the service but I was incoherent; she would have to handle this round. I will make it up to her later. Dad needed to catch back up on some sleep. At 6:00 a.m., mom was still groggy from the early a.m. feeding and-so I handled this round. Mom slept. He ate a little but then was ready to go back to sleep. When I swaddled him he did not fuss, wrestle or complain – lil’ man was ready to get back to sleep. Dad made coffee and let his family enjoy a little quite time.

Today we started practicing sign language. He is still too young to control his arms and hands but it looks like he is picking up the idea. For the 9:00 a.m. feeding, I signed ‘milk’ and ‘more’, along with a few other signs I have already forgotten. He appeared to sign back, although in broad stokes and waving arms. It will still be a little bit before he is really ready to use it. We headed out around 11:00 to visit Grandma C. I dressed him up in overalls that were green; it is St. Patrick’s day. Grandma C welcomed him and set to feeding him right away. Lil’ man’s attention was taken away by the small dogs at my parent’s house. He gazed at them, fascinated by their small size and activities. He reluctantly ate his meal and then went back to starring at the ceiling fan. My mom and I joked that maybe he will design a better fan or possible be a pilot one-day, due to the amount of time he spends looking at the fans. We concluded our visit with Grandma C getting a round of big smiles from him by picking up his feet and dropping them repeatedly. We were a little later than expected in getting home so I let him sleep until 4:00 p.m. A quick feeding (which included a sneeze from me, causing the bottle to smack him in the face and a round of solid cries) and it was time for crib time. I lay him down and he entertained himself until about 5:30 p.m. By that time, he was fussing and looking around in desperation. A quick look from him told me he wanted to be swaddled and tucked in to bed. I picked him up and performed the routine. He fell asleep immediately. He stayed that way until 7:00 p.m. and mom took over from that point forward. I went to bed at 8:00 p.m.