Naps and Nipples: June 7th

June 7th- A New Friend

Last night when Dominic went to sleep I stayed in the living room holding him while I finished up a movie I was watching. While holding him Dominic was making these little whimpering sounds, and then he would smile really big. This lasted about a half hour. He woke up once crying, smiled and went right back to sleep. I am not sure what he was dreaming about but apparently it was worth smiling about.

Today Dominic’s new friend Baby Mills joined the world. Mommy and Daddy’s good friends here in TX had their little boy, and we all went to visit him. He was supposed to be as big as Dominic is now but he came out a little smaller. He is a little over 7 pounds, and 20 inches long, which is what Dominic was at a month old and actually practically at 2 months old. As we said before Dominic was a little guy. Dominic wasn’t too interested in him yet, but I know before long he will be wanting to play and they will be best of friends.

By the time we got home from the hospital, and grabbing a bite to eat, it was Dominic’s cereal time. He ABSOLUTELY loves cereal time now. He talks and gets excited with each bite. He opens his mouth real big when the spoon starts to head his way. He still thinks that his hands will help with the eating process so we fight them with each bite, but like a well mannered boy he wipes his mouth when messy. Actually he shoves the bib in his mouth between bites, I think to get the extra cereal off of it, but it’s nice to think he is just helping Mommy out by wiping up his mess. He finished every last bit of cereal tonight which left a very sticky, messy baby. Mommy tried to help the mess by using a washcloth but a bath was definitely needed.

After waiting 20 minutes to let the cereal settle we headed off to get a good washing. As usual Dominic was very excited about this too. Each night Mommy goes in and sets up the bath area by filling up the baby tub, getting the washcloths and towels, diaper, and night clothes all put in its place ready for the bath time. This takes about 10 minutes and then Daddy brings in Dominic. This is when Dominic gets really excited. He now knows that when Daddy lays him down on the baby changing/drying station on the sink he is about to get to play in the water. The Daddy tells Dominic each night that he is gonna peel the baby as he changes him out of his clothes and diaper. Here is where the fun begins. Mommy gets the naked little baby and in the tub we go! At this point Dominic starts splashing in the water and kicking the soap bottle but tonight he decided after his arms where washed to change up the routine… HE PEED ALL OVER MOMMY!!!! After washing his arms I was drizzling water over his body to keep him warm , and because he loves that part and I felt wet, at that point I realized I was being drizzled by Dominic with PEE!! This was actually the second time today he did that. Earlier he had peed at me while changing his diaper but I caught it with the diaper. This time he got me and the bath water. So we had to call in the Daddy to come get Dominic so Mommy dumped the yucky water and started a new bath. The best part about the whole thing is he was smiling the whole time!! That boy knew what he did!! I tell ya Dominic is a little stinker. Well you can imagine Mommy had to re-wash Dominic and when it was time to get out he refused. He curled his little toes under the side of the tub and squatted back down in the water. Oh that boy, our dear Dominic is a little frog! He loves the water and the best part about being a frog is he really looks like one when you take him out of the water. He has no butt so when you stand him up bare butt he looks like a standing up frog butt!!!