Our little boy is very lovable...
...but also just a tad bit...particular.
We've started a running list of ways that Baby Michael has asserted himself as highly in favor of, or hightly opposed to certain things...I never knew a 4.5 month old could have such a will of iron! I think I am in for a wild ride!
1) Nuk Pacifiers
Our house is cluttered with pacifiers of different brands that we've tried..but only one brand will do. Yet, the pacifier is sometimes more like Dumbo's magic feather...it doesn't need to do anything, he just needs to know it's there.
Michael anxiously awaits his pacifier with an open mouth as he's going to bed, but within minutes/seconds, he will gingerly take it out of his mouth and drop it on the bed, and most often, out the side of the crib on the floor. Sometimes, he spits out the pacifier with a flying pttang! I've even had one launched completely over my shoulder.
Every couple of days, I move his crib and exhume a whole graveyard of pacifiers that have been tossed overboard to now be washed and put back into circulation.
2) The perfect sleep position
Michael's perfect sleep spot is not easy to attain, and has to be achieved right at the precise moment of sleepiness. Roll over too soon and he'll cry...but if you get it just right, it's occasionally produced a two-hour nap!
3) The perfect spot to eat.
We thought it was a coincidence at first: after all, wouldn't a baby be more interested in the joy of eating and much less concerned with where it is? Not Baby Michael. Time after time, when getting him situated to eat in the spot that's most comfy for me, he arches his back, turns his head away and cries. But pick him up and move him to his bedroom, onto the less comfortable folding chair? He'll eat a full meal! It's crazy! Why does where I sit matter so much to him? But it does!
4) Trish-Trash Polka.
When did you first realize you had a favorite song? Was it in high school? Jr. High? How about 2 months old? Well, Michael has a favorite song we found on his Baby Einstein CD. Daddy Michael actually discovered it as he was driving with him one day and Michael was crying. Then, a song came on and he stopped crying. The song was over and the next song came on...start crying. Michael then put the song back to Trish Trash Polka, and he stopped crying. The song was over...he started crying. Repeat.
This has been tested over and over and over again....If Michael starts to cry in the car, put Trish-Trash Polka on and he will calm down. He will! In fact, I just did it tonight and it works. Instantly.
...but also just a tad bit...particular.
We've started a running list of ways that Baby Michael has asserted himself as highly in favor of, or hightly opposed to certain things...I never knew a 4.5 month old could have such a will of iron! I think I am in for a wild ride!
1) Nuk Pacifiers
Our house is cluttered with pacifiers of different brands that we've tried..but only one brand will do. Yet, the pacifier is sometimes more like Dumbo's magic feather...it doesn't need to do anything, he just needs to know it's there.
Michael anxiously awaits his pacifier with an open mouth as he's going to bed, but within minutes/seconds, he will gingerly take it out of his mouth and drop it on the bed, and most often, out the side of the crib on the floor. Sometimes, he spits out the pacifier with a flying pttang! I've even had one launched completely over my shoulder.
Every couple of days, I move his crib and exhume a whole graveyard of pacifiers that have been tossed overboard to now be washed and put back into circulation.
2) The perfect sleep position
Michael's perfect sleep spot is not easy to attain, and has to be achieved right at the precise moment of sleepiness. Roll over too soon and he'll cry...but if you get it just right, it's occasionally produced a two-hour nap!
3) The perfect spot to eat.
We thought it was a coincidence at first: after all, wouldn't a baby be more interested in the joy of eating and much less concerned with where it is? Not Baby Michael. Time after time, when getting him situated to eat in the spot that's most comfy for me, he arches his back, turns his head away and cries. But pick him up and move him to his bedroom, onto the less comfortable folding chair? He'll eat a full meal! It's crazy! Why does where I sit matter so much to him? But it does!
4) Trish-Trash Polka.
When did you first realize you had a favorite song? Was it in high school? Jr. High? How about 2 months old? Well, Michael has a favorite song we found on his Baby Einstein CD. Daddy Michael actually discovered it as he was driving with him one day and Michael was crying. Then, a song came on and he stopped crying. The song was over and the next song came on...start crying. Michael then put the song back to Trish Trash Polka, and he stopped crying. The song was over...he started crying. Repeat.
This has been tested over and over and over again....If Michael starts to cry in the car, put Trish-Trash Polka on and he will calm down. He will! In fact, I just did it tonight and it works. Instantly.
He'll also fall asleep to it in the car....forget all the lullabies and soft quiet music...Michael wants all the bells and whistles!
Here is a more sophisticated version than the Baby Einstein one (which is full of silly sound effects)...yet certainly just as lively as the one on Michael's CD:
When I found an actual orchestra performing it, and that it was written by Johann Strauss, I felt a little better about my son liking something with the name "Polka" in it.
The scary thing is that I can see this, almost in a cartoon-like montage, being the theme song to Michael's childhood.
And that makes me just a bit nervous, and already a little bit exhausted!
5) The Diaper Changing table.
This is the one piece of furniture that has been far and away home to the most smiles, giggles, and one of the first places I go to when Michael needs to be calmed down. This cheap pad which sits on top of our dining room table was certainly an unexpected win. Michael loves this thing! He kicks his feet, scratches the surface to make a scratchy sound, and all-in-all just seems to snap into a good mood as soon as he's on it (well, 9 times out of 10). It's great!
These are just a few of Michael's favorite things...It's so crazy...he likes certain things with such intensity. I don't know where he picks that up from.... :)
4 comments:
the trish trash polka part cracked me up! that cute kid has so much personality! what an awesome favorite song to have =)
Wow I love this baby. What an amazing baby. You're in for quite a ride.
It is nice to find the special likes and dislikes early in life, especially when trying to please and quiet a tired little boy. Fabulous job! Then again, I think it is that you are so into making him happy that you notice these things.
It is evident that this little bundle as won over Mommy and Daddy. I couldn't imagine it any other way.
Just when you think that he can't possibly get any cutier, you take another look and sure enough, he just keeps getting cutier all the time.
I delight in watching you both enjoying him.
He is so precious!
Love to all
HA HA
I love this post!
What a kid! He has SUCH a unique personality!
I really like the Trish Trash Polka myself. I need to add that to my iPod so I can think of him.
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