At least one of us is getting his exercise

(not going to mention sleep issues tonight, but he slept 5 hours straight last night and i felt so amazing i could hardly go back to sleep and it was so lovely and wonderful and fabulous but then he wouldn't nap today and then i unbundled him and he did great but didn't sleep for long and now i'm researching silent reflux because holy crap that sounds like my baby...)

Hi.

Let's discuss Tummy Time, shall we? A wonderful lovely little workout that helps babies strengthen their neck and upper body, and starts them on the path to rolling.

Wyatt does not like tummy time. This is what he looks like for the first, oh, 20 seconds, unless there is something fun! and flashy! and Baby Einsteiny! in front of him. Then he lasts for maybe 45 seconds.

This is his I shall entertain this idea, for a moment face.

This is his Momma makes funny faces face.

This is his Your 20 seconds are up face.

This is his I'm so frustrated, and I can't even get my fingers in my mouth properly face.

Like so.

He loves his binki, but I don't know what he'd do without his fingers. It is a rare moment when he doesn't have one of them rooting around in there. It's pretty dang cute, but now every single shirt I own has drool marks on my left shoulder.

The mark of a mother. If it isn't drool, it's spit up. Or poop.

Speaking of poop, is every mother as flippant about their baby's poop as I am? The other day Caleb pointed at my finger and asked me what was on it. I peered at it and said, "Hmm. Wyatt poop. Don't know how that got there." and continued typing my email.

He was mortified, but I was quick to point out the fact that he lets the dog routinely lick his MOUTH, and I don't think I need to remind anyone where that tongue has been.

Comments

[Abby]

Uhmmm. So...what I'm taking away from this is that pets are BAD but poop on hands is GOOD.

[Liv]

No no no, pet POOP is bad, but baby poop is good!

[Mary]

I've been reading your blog for awhile... not sure how I found you, but I love your stories and pictures of Wyatt. I have a 5 month old son (Oct. 3) so I definitely relate to your posts. I think once we become a Mommy all things poop, puke, snot, spit related become just a normal, everyday thing. No big deal!

I especially wanted to comment on this post because my son, Zane, hates tummy time too! It is a struggle to get him to stay belly down any longer than a minute or two. It's like he gets so angry that automatically he just throws his face into the blanket, play mat, etc. and refuses to even try to hold himself up. Laying on my belly is about the only way I can get him to do his baby pushups.

So this overly long post is to just say, "I know exactly where you're coming from!".