My dear sweet, smelly son is nearly 1/4 of a year old. I can say with out a
doubt, that this has been the most extraordinary 3 months of my life. Most
extraordinary! E-X-T-R-A-O-D-I-N-A-R-Y!
Drool!
Milan came out of my womb and into the world
a little red peanut. He seemed so fragile. We handled him gingerly and
awkwardly. Matt and I worked as a team, changing little reds diaper, bathing
his tiny body and swaddling him in super soft pajamas. Such a dainty little
creature, we would just stare at him; his every movement pure joy. Then the day
came when I realized my fragile peanut, was mightier then I thought.
The little red feet.
Milan’s first real scream. Milan is a happy and quiet baby and
as a newborn he barely made a peep. So you can imagine my surprise when my
sweet baby raised his little red fists high above his head and let out a howl
of frustration. His little mitt’s were just a pumping and he was putting out a
scream, that could peel off wall paper; Matt and I were laughing. I am
positive, laughter was not the emotion that Milan was expecting from his
parents. But we couldn’t help ourselves, he looked like an angry little
red troll and it was hysterical.
Milan’s first car ride with just mommy.
I’m a planner. It may not seem like it to the outside world, but I am pretty
anal about my schedule. My timeline is my sanity. On day eleven (I think) of
Milan’s life, I decided Milan and I were going to make a trip over to visit his
Great Aunts and Uncles; I planned it. My plan I thought was flawless. Take a
shower, give Milan a bath. Get dressed, dress Milan. Nurse Milan and put him
down for a nap. Do hair, make-up, pack diaper bag and have a snack; rest till
baby gets up. Baby wakes up, nurse him again and change his diaper. Hop in the
car and go.
Day after Milan was born.
I executed my plan flawlessly, up until hop in the car and go. I
put Milan in his car seat and put him in the car. He began to cry. Not wanting
to show up at someones house with a crying baby (they live just minutes
away) and because I can’t stand to let him cry, I hop in the back to check on
him. Puke. Puke all over his cute little outfit. No problem, I have an extra
in the car with me. So I undress him…hmmm, wet diaper too. So I take off his
diaper and pee…he pees straight into the air. So now he is covered in puke
and pee. No problem, I have lot’s of wipes and only a little pee got on me. So
I clean him up, apply fresh diaper and fresh outfit. Milan is still
crying/screaming, so I nurse him. Finally, he quiets down and I am able to
strap him back into his car seat and away we go. Total time spent in drive way
28 mins. Total drive time to get to Great Aunt’s house 4 minutes.
Milan
talks to his Zebra. Who knew about the coo. The sweetest sound in the whole
world is Milan’s coo. It’s part owl, part wolf and it makes my heart swell
times two. The first time he used his voice for something other then yelling at
his parents, was in his swing and at his zebra. Milan’s swing has a mobile
above it and on this mobile hangs little zoo animals. His favorite is the
Zebra. Just thinking about it make the corners of my lips turn up. He stares
at that Zebra and coos. He coos out whole conversations and of course Matt and
I make up our own words. “Zebra, tell them I want out of my swing.” “Zebra, go
get me a snack.” “Hey, Zebraaaaa.” It’s not uncommon for Matt to say, “Where’s
Milan?” and me to reply, “Talking to his Zebra.”
Milan & The Zebra.
Milan laughs at daddy. Where am I. I am in the shower.
Why? Because it is a refuge and a luxury for a new mom. Know one tells you
that your baby is born with a “mommy is relaxing and enjoying herself alarm.”
The moment you are doing anything that is just for you, the alarm goes off and
the baby craps his pants. This makes the baby sound his alarm; followed by the
alarm are the following procedures. Change pants, nurse baby, pray he goes to
sleep. So I am in the shower. I have two options. Option number 1: Enjoy the
shower and have no time to properly brush hair and teeth. Option number 2:
Shower like the wind and have a few extra minutes to brush hair, teeth and maybe
even floss or apply some mascara. I chose number 2. I am just out of the
shower, when I hear the second sweetest sound in the world. Milan’s laugh,
a full out chuckle at his daddy. This sound is followed by the third sweetest
sound in world. Milan’s daddy laughing back. I rush out, dripping water ever
where. I heard the laugh, but now I want to see it. I wait. Matt repeats the
sequence that led up to the laugh. He repeats it again. Again. No laugh
ensues. Apparently, Milan’s laugh is like the ground hog; it saw it’s
shadow.
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Milan, daddy and Ruckus.
Milan sees the world. I first noticed Milan was more alert a
few days ago. He was sitting on his potty and instead of going potty he was
swinging his head back and forth, up and down. Holy cow, he is checking out his
room. Up until that day, I would put him on his potty and he would pee or poo
right away. Now I put him on his potty and he just wants to hang out
there….forever. Just like a man (ha~ha) He likes to sit on the potty and coo
about all the new things his eyes can see. His favorite thing is the big white
shiny diaper genie. He talks and smiles at that thing like it’s a long lost
friend. I enjoy his new found sense, he enjoys his diaper genie.
Even Rock Stars poo.
Milan gives mommy a full nights rest and a heart attack. I am
able to write this blog, because Milan slept through the night. It’s 5 am and I
am wide awake. I got 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night; wowsers I have
enough energy to flitter off to the moon. Zooooom! I would still be sleeping,
but my dear husband woke me up to find out if I had been up yet. This is when I
had the heart attack Immediately, I sprang out of bed, flicked on the light and
check son (that’s his nickname). This is when Matt tells me that he’d already
checked on son. My heart rate returned to normal, but my sleep did
not.
Milan has quickly gone from a tiny red peanut, into a hungry little
football, that’s grown into a chubby baby boy. It’s amazing how quickly they
grow and learn. The best part….well they are all best parts, upon best parts,
covered in more best parts, with more best parts to come!
Chubby baby boy!