Naps and Nipples: June 9th & 10th

June 9th- How did you do that?

This morning, as in 1 am Dominic started crying. When Mommy went to go check on him, he was completely sideways in his crib!! Later on when he woke again he was clear at the other end of the crib. I guess he wiggles a lot in his sleep!

Today we found out his new friend’s name will be Ryker. Mommy told Dominic “we are going to go see your new friend Ryker today. Do you like the name Ryker?” and he smiled so big. I took it as he really likes the name Ryker.

This afternoon when Mommy was going to go make a bottle for Dominic and start dinner Daddy told Dominic to tell Mommy “Get in that kitchen and make me a sandwich” and sure as all get out that boy hollered at me like he was telling his Mommy exactly what Daddy said. It was so funny, but I told him he was not allowed to tell Mommy what to do, and he hollered at me again! Daddy is teaching Dominic to be a little stinker!!

Tonight while bathing Dominic, I noticed something new. He now has a little freckle on the back of his left shoulder. I looked him over and as of right now it is the only one. Something else new came about tonight. Dominic went to sleep for the first time without his pacifier, or paci as we call it. Later in the night he did wake up and want it. He usually goes to sleep with it and in about an hour he has it spit out for most of the rest of the night. I know the great paci debate says to take it away from him at 3 months old. But we don’t use it to hush him up, or keep him entertained. He likes to sleep with it and research says using a pacifier at night can reduce SIDS, so Mommy and Daddy say let him use it. When he is older we will “loose” it but until then he can have it every now and again.

June 10th- A visit to my friend’s house

Today we went to see Dominic’s new friend Ryker. Ryker was born a bit smaller than predicted so we brought him Dominic’s premie clothes. Dominic was a very good boy while we were visiting. He was very interested in the new surroundings. He had been there several times before but not as alert as he is now. When Dominic started getting sleepy we said goodbye to Ryker and after a quick stop off at Wal-mart for formula and some food for Mommy and Daddy, home we went.

After we got home, Dominic had an energy spurt and wanted to play so we propped him up on his boppy while Mommy and Daddy grabbed a bite to eat and then we played for a while. With him being in such a good mood Mommy decided to make Dominic some cereal and he ate every last bit, I even had to scrape the bottom of the bowl. Dominic is so messy when he eats cereal it ends up on his face, bib, hands, and forehead. I can’t wait to start other solids it is going to be a big mess and so much fun!!

Later in the evening, just before bath time, Dominic and Daddy were laying on the couch talking and Daddy would put his hand up in the air and move it in circles around Dominic. After just a few seconds Dominic realized what was going on and was completely mesmerized by his dad’s hands flying around above him.

Bath time was very short tonight because Dominic was falling asleep in the tub. Later while eating his bedtime bottle he fell asleep several times. He was such a sleepy baby tonight, so off to bed he went at 10:00pm. He has woken up several times in the last hour and a half, we are not sure why but hopefully we figure it out so he gets a good night sleep. Having a rough sleeping night makes poor Dominic not feel good, and very cranky.