Week Number One just flew by and today was a Good Day with Grand Baby Clark. :)
Actually it was a WONDERFUL Day with Clark because TODAY was the day we found a bottle that he liked and could handle without choking or swallowing down more air than milk (which results in massive shrieking until the belch can emerge.) AND we found a position that works for him, a sort of reclining on pillows, feed me grapes kind of lounging. He sucked down an entire bottle of milk! The entire thing!
It made us both very happy. Really, you've no idea how happy I was...NO IDEA..
Instead of an ordeal, it was a happy 20 minutes of swallowing and smiling! He didn't drink the entire second bottle later on in the day, but we've got a pattern now. I just hope we can recreate it a few times a day.
It's funny how fast I've turned into a babbling, ambling, swooping, swishing..did i mention babbling? fool. Everything we do is fodder for a 15 minute song. He pooped four times today - this translates into about an hour total today of a song and dance about poo. He loves getting his diaper changed anyway but I seem to turn the whole process into a 15 minute celebration over his bowel movement! Oh the anticipation on his face as I remove the diaper verrrrry verrrrrrrrrry slowly...and then AGHGHGHGHG as the contents are revealed! He chortles, the arms start flailing! the legs are pumping!
and then as I clean him up, describing to him in all gory detail the mess in his diaper, he gazes in glee at the 6 paintings on the wall above his changing table. Grandma Lynn had a great idea for the baby shower - each table of attendees created a small oil painting and these brightly colored paintings festoon his wall. His favorite seems to be the painting created by his small cousins...blue, red yellow all in a wild whirlwind!
Anyway - a full tummy made for a happier Clark. We took a long neighborhood stroll again today - he slept for most of it. And he played for quite a long time on his play mat. As you see in the picture, he can grab the ring on the elephant...a good tug and it plays cheerful songs. Only three unfortunately (not enough variety there for my liking - i wonder how I'll feel about those 3 songs next Friday) BUT he likes them and therefore I LOVE them.
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