It's Curtains for Sleep

Our curtains are not really all that exciting. Cream/tan color, light pattern woven throughout. So boring and nondescript, I don't have an actual picture of them, just incidental ones where they appear in the background. All the rooms have the same curtains. There is something about the curtains in Lincoln's room that entrances him. There are times when I am rocking him to sleep and, instead of laying his head on my shoulder and closing his eyes, he leans back to gaze at the curtains. His eyes open wide and he is alert watching them and even smiling and cooing at them. I've looked over my shoulder and I can't quite fathom what is so interesting or whether there is something else there. Maybe it's that they move slightly when the back of the rocking chair hits them. Sometimes they are so fascinating, Lincoln forgets about sleep. It's up to me, that rain cloud, to remind him that it's sleepy time.

It's things like the curtains and, lately, his sudden dislike for the Barefoot Portraits Studio where I have baby group and baby yoga, that make me wonder exactly what is going on inside his little head. We're going to try going to baby yoga again and if the place again provokes such a strong reaction, we'll have to forgo it.

Lately, Lincoln has been losing his baby hair. There was quite a lot on his bed sheet this morning. When he's a bit tired, Lincoln has developed the habit of sucking on his left thumb while he grabs his hair with his right hand. Perhaps that is part of the problem, though it's overall hair loss and not one particular spot. I'm going to get him a lovey (and a backup lovey) like his cousin Wes has his sleep monkey. I know that he likes having a blanket next to his face when he's falling asleep and likely would keep it in the crib if I let him. He must get that from his father. When we were first married, Eric would uproot all the blankets on the bed and wrap them around his head.

I've just put Lincoln to bed and kissed his plump little face good-night. He is in such good health. I can't imagine being one of the Chinese parents who have to stand in line at the hospital and wait to have their baby tested for kidney stones and other ailments due to the recent discovery of contaminated baby formula.