Benjamin has given himself a hickey on his knuckle! He isn’t able to open his hand enough to suck on his fingers or thumb yet, so he just shoves his whole fist in his mouth to comfort himself.
Archive for May 15th, 2008
I might be counting my chickens before they hatch AND putting the cart before the horse at the same time here, but here I go anyway. I think our baby is growing out of his colic. 
Wait, that deserves an exclamation point too. !
For almost a week now, Benjamin has fussed just a little in the evenings, eaten a whole bunch, and gone to bed around 9:00. It is SO much quieter around the house in the evening. That’s all I’m going to say about it now. I hope I haven’t jinxed us, but I couldn’t contain the joy any longer.
Who me? I never screamed a day in my life.
Check out this photo of a baby Marcie!
For Mother’s Day I got two of my favorite things, time with my best friend (Roger) and chick flicks. My mom babysat Benjamin on Saturday evening so Roger and I could go out to dinner. Although we really wanted to go to Shiro in Great Barrington (a half hour trip to a Japanese habichi grill, we would have been gone for almost 3 hours), I felt it best to stay closer to home. Benjamin hadn’t been field tested on the bottle and was still colicky at that point so I didn’t want to leave my mom in a huge bind. So we went to the Woodlands, our favorite local spot and made sure we were gone at least an hour. Mom, like grandmothers before her, left as soon as Benjamin started crying. Ah, the joys of grandparenthood! Thanks mom for the evening out!
