Yesterday was a rough day on the baby boy. All of the family was home all day and therefore he would not nap for fear of missing something. At one point he was in his exersaucer with us in the kitchen and laid his head down on the edge of the seat from exhaustion but would not close those eyes. There was just too much to be seen.
Tiredness finally started getting the best of him and he started fussing just a little. I put him in his swing because that typically knocks him out. Not this time. He started fussing and squirming around. Daddy says I am spoiling him. Daddy was proven right yesterday when as soon as I hit the stop button the swing the fussing stopped and that little turd smiled at me. As I picked him up he actually laughed! I am pretty sure that was his way of calling me a sucker. But within minutes of me holding him he was asleep so at least it wasn't for nothing.
Later that night he showed us again that a 4 month old baby is smarter than you think. I had him asleep for the night when Matt took him back to his room. Halfway down the hall Matt said he popped those eyes open and smiled at him. That is sometimes a bad sign for things to come. He put him in the crib anyways just to see what would happen. Most of the time he will put himself to sleep but if he is really awake it takes a few visits from us to retrieve a paci to help him fall back to sleep.
Last night was one of those nights. He would lie in the crib for a few minutes and then would fuss. Matt would go down the hall and when he would look over into the crib our precious little turd would start smiling, laughing and wiggling around like he was just so excited to see his daddy that he couldn't stand it. Matt would give him the paci and wait until he calmed down before coming back to bed. This ritual went on about 3 times before sleep got the best of him and he went down for the night.
I had to laugh as I lay in bed listening to him fuss through the monitor only to hear it turn into laughing as soon as Matt got there.
Now who says a baby can't figure out how to get what he wants at 4 months old???
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