Gilmore Guy

This morning Garrett was very snuggly. He only likes sleeping in the bed between us and he has gotten less and less willing to sleep in the snuggle nest. We know he is supposed to have his own space, but it is the only way he will sleep for more than half an hour at a time. After snuggling, we got up and made breakfast. We have noticed that Garrett loves the theme song from the TV show Gilmore Girls. When it plays he opens his eyes really large and if he is in his bouncy seat he looks
around.

Today he had several diaper changes without any crying. We've been discussing if you can tell the difference between cries when he is wet or hungry and so far we agree that the cry sounds the same, but we often know which it is based on when he last ate and was changed. However, we also noticed that if you change him when he starts making sounds, but before he starts crying, he calms down almost immediately when he reaches the changing table. However, once he starts crying he does not stop until you distract him, sometimes after he is totally changed. The best things to calm him that we've found are singing, shaking his rattle, and the newest one, making high pitched noises. Andrea makes a trilling sound that I've tried copying that gets his attention and sometimes is enough to calm him down

After breakfast we went for a family walk. He got upset about half way through, but Andrea found the way to make him happy, she raced ahead a few steps, then slowed down and paused, then repeated. Apparently my constant even rate is too boring, he likes more excitement in his stroller. He may have a race car driver instinct in him, we'll have to wait and see. When we came back, he played on his new quilt - a gift from the Luera Family - with his animal stacker rattles - a new toy from his great grandmother, Lya. It includes a duck, pig, lamb and cow. During his tummy time we videoed him rotating his head from one side to the other.

While we made dinner I needed Andrea's help, so we tried putting him in the sling. I was able to whip yams while he lay in the sling in front of me, it was pretty cool. You have to stay very aware of where the sling is, cannot make sudden movements or stand too close to flames or the oven, but it does add a bit more flexibility to holding him when you have both arms free. I feel a little guilty because it was supposed to help Andrea, but it only works for me. Still, I think we'll keep it because it does give us a chance to both make dinner together.

Latest update, the swing is still not operating properly. Apparently we got a bad motor unit because I've swapped batteries and reverse the legs and nothing helped. The next step is to contact the customer support number and get a replacement. In the mean time, it works perfectly fine on parent power!