Daddy Dan

• The Babito has a new trick.  Every time he sees a phone, hears a phone ringing, or you say the word phone to him he holds his hand up to his ear, tilts his head to the side and says “Hello.”  He also loves to play with my cell phone.  I let him because I secretly hopes he drops it and breaks it so I have an excuse to get an iPhone.  Just don’t tell his Mommy.  He definitely gets his love of phones from his Mommy, because I really hate to talk on the phone any more than necessary.  On our 1,000 minutes a month phone plan, Mommy uses at least 900 of the minutes, where my minutes usually don’t even reach triple figures in minutes.   And 90% of my minutes are taken up by phone calls from Mommy.
• He’s getting much more social.  Before he would not want to interact with strangers.  Now, he’ll walk up to anyone in the vicinity and try to make friends.  He still gets a little separation anxiety though if he thinks Mommy or Daddy are going to leave him.
• He’s been especially clingy to me lately when I get home from work.  He doesn’t let me leave his sight from the time I get home until I lay him down for the night.  Even when I’m playing with him in his playroom.  I think it’s because I don’t get to see him for long during the week, usually only about 90 minutes from the time I get home until he goes to bed.
• He bled for the first time last night.  We were at my parents and he was running around their family room with a fire truck in his hands.  He was running over to show his Great-Granny the truck when he tripped and fell against the couch.  The truck and his face hit the couch at the same time and he ended up with a bloody lip (just a little blood).  Luckily, Mommy had brought along old trusty Mr. Bump, who always makes him feel better when he gets a bump or bruise.  I’m proud of the way he handled it.  He only cried for a minute or so and was right back to running around.  I’m ESPECIALLY proud of the way I handled it.  I didn’t faint, didn’t panic, and didn’t immediately rush him to the ER or call 911.

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