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Your privacy is a PRIMARY consideration of AskDrSears.com. Your e-mail address is used ONLY by AskDrSears.com for the purpose of announcing news, events and special offers available only AskDrSears.com registered users. WEEK TWENTY-ONE - JULY 2002
You snooze, you lose.
Every new parent eagerly waits for major developmental milestones. One of these of course is the first roll over. We have watched Joshua try to do this for weeks now, but to no avail. I came home from work today and heard that I missed his first roll over. But it seems I wasn't the only one to miss it. Cheryl fell asleep on the couch for a few minutes while Joshua played on the floor lying on his back. When she woke up, the baby was on his stomach.
I don't blame Cheryl for catching a little shuteye. Every mom is chronically sleep deprived. Hopefully we'll both catch the next roll over. Who's the funny one in the house?
Everyone who doesn't know me well thinks I'm not really that funny. It took Cheryl years to realize just how funny I actually am. I surprised one of the newest members of our office staff the other day when I said something quite amusing and witty, and she stopped, looked at me, and said, "Oh my gosh, you're actually funny!"
I said something today that Cheryl found particularly humorous. After playing "pass the baby" back and forth for a couple hours, I finally just put him down on the floor and said, "Joshua, here, play amongst yourself". Cheryl got a real kick out of this. She is always complaining that I'm funnier at work than at home around her, but today I proved her wrong. The long arm of the baby.
Dinner has now become more challenging. Joshua used to sit on our lap during dinner and care less about whatever was in front of him. But now everything on the table has suddenly become much more interesting. And it seems that his arms can stretch out to twice their length when he sees something he REALLY wants. So now I have to eat with my plate pushed well out of reach. We went out to dinner, and you should try having to reach half way across the table and balance rice and fish on a fork without spilling. Left-handed too, cuz wouldn't you know it, he falls asleep in my right arm. So each bite is a balancing act. I did manage to get most of it into my mouth.
Major teething.
Teething is now in full season. Nothing within Joshua's grasp is safe. His gums are like magnets. He even ignores the hanging toys on his play gym and goes straight for gnawing on one of the support legs. With our first baby, Andrew, I remember us being pretty liberal with the Tylenol. If he was fussy, he got Tylenol. Poor Joshua, we haven't broken down yet and given him any. Perhaps we will when the nights get rougher (not that I'm gonna notice though, but I'm sure Cheryl will inform me when he starts waking up all night long). My philosophy on teething is this - let Joshua chew on the entire house all day long, and when the teething really gets rough at night, it's Tylenol Time!
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