Tick Tock Kid

Jordan is now crawling, standing, trying to walk and talking up a storm. You can't understand a word he's saying as it's obviously "jordanese". But, his favorite word of all, "ticky". Everything is "ticky". He plays by himself and says "ticky ticky ticky ticky...". So I now call him "Tick Tock Kid". I had to babysit at their house this week because Mommy was working at one of the schools in their neighborhood and wanted to be able to visit him at lunchtime. Due to his eczema problem it is very stressful babysitting because we, the grandmas, know that the child will be thoroughly examined by Mommy upon her return for any noticeable scratches or additional irritation. Not to mention the dryness. God forbid this kid should be just a little dry.

Additionally, we, the grandmas, cannot do too much around the house. Grandma S. wants to redecorate and rearrange things in the new house. Grandma T. wants to do a little light cleaning and cooking because she's getting tired of hearing about all the take out food they've been having to eat since they still can't seem to organize the new kitchen. It is not a spoken rule, but, we are not to go through the moving boxes to look for things. It is just understood, by me that is.

Jordan is just such a smart baby. He gets two naps during the day. At his house with Grandma S., he'll sleep until almost 10 in the morning. With me, he's awake by 8:15. With Grandma S. he's not on any kind of feeding or sleeping schedule. At times he will have his lunch at 2:00 and no bottle till about 5:00. With me, you could set your clock by his eating and sleeping times. Plus he points towards the kitchen and asks for his "nayna nayna" (meaning his food or his formula bottle). When he is sleepy, he climbs up onto my lap and says "nini nini" then starts singing "ooh ooh ooh".

He wants to try every kind of food and every type of beverage. He will take sips of iced tea, but, if Mommy is around and you offer him a sip he will look at you with a very concerned look and nod his head no. Even at 11 months he knows that his Mommy has him on a very strict diet and will get upset if he ingests something she did not approve of. Yet, Grandma knows all too well that as long as the dog dish is on the floor he's getting all the nutrition he really needs despite his Mommy.

For Halloween the little stinker butt is dressing up as a space shuttle astronaut. That is if Mommy doesn't fall asleep before 7:00 p.m.