(James pre-haircut a couple weeks ago, reigning in the chair)
Before James was born, a neighbor was giving away furniture that belonged to her late grandmother, Gloria. The most comfy, squishy blue recliner rocking chair was among the group.
Sometimes I think of Gloria when I sit there -- I think of her eternal optimism, of her twinkling eyes and that her favorite color was yellow.
The chair is perfect for nursing sweet baby James, and for grabbing a little more sleep during middle of the night feedings (yes, my baby still has a middle of the night feeding at 8 months old).
It's also a perfect chair for sitting him up like a big boy. JB will send me pictures while I'm at KSL, around 7 or 8 AM, right around the time he gets the baby dressed for the day.
Though it's awfully fun to just keep him un-dressed for a while. Because.....mmmmm nom nom nom. Nom.
On the morning of the 6th JB sent me these, because our baby is now 8 months old.
"Hiya,"
"Wait, what's on my tummy?"
"Yeah, I'm going to have to eat that."
In fact now starts the age of putting everything into the mouth. It's a good thing he's not mobile yet, because despite our strict instructions, little Legos and Rainbow Loom bands sometimes show up on the living room floor. We found out Andrew was carrying them around, not the older boys. He'll hold up a block and say, "See my alligator?" Sure, sure.....
Baby James is showing no sign of wanting to crawl or scoot yet. His day consists of Exersaucer-lap-living room floor-crib-highchair-hip-baby carrier-kitchen floor-lap-hip-crib-queen bed.
He loves to grab faces and bite chins and pat cheeks and smack stuff and splash.
He's getting better at eating solid food. He likes the baby food puffs. And so does Andrew. "My 'nack!" yelled Andrew when I took them away from him yesterday.
His 3 older brothers love to hold him. Andrew doesn't weigh much more than him but really wants to hold him on his lap. James arches his back and squeals. Max and Ben like to carry him around, which sometimes makes me nervous, but it is very convenient to have those extra arms. And I am trying harder to say yes when they ask to hold him. I realize he doesn't belong only to me, he's their baby brother, too.
As mentioned, he doesn't sleep through the night yet. But, I think other babies are going to bed at 9 or 10 when their normal parents do. I have to put all the boys down by 7:30 so I can go to bed. So he gets hungry again before the night is over, and I'm a big softie, and I like to nurse James before I leave. But I know he could do better. He wakes up early for JB sometimes, too. JB and I are tired. Almost always tired.
During the day while nursing, he gets distracted easily by a noise or the sight of a brother. So I've been going into his room to feed him in the blue chair in the hopes that he'll get nice and full. But the boys come in. They need me, too, I know. And Andrew climbs onto my knees with a book from the nearby basket and I read it to him with my free hand. Another reason why I love the blue chair.
2 comments:
I am so happy that Kate has James as a cousin. It is so fun to watch them grow! I love his haircut! He is looking so much like Ben
He really is a nommy, nommy boy. I want him!
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