He has LOTS of "rules", it seems and will display an expression of frustration if we break them. He has select positions he wants to be in while breastfeeding. He sometimes wants to be BF'ed. He sometimes wants to be bottle-fed. If we go the "wrong" route, he will push away the breast or bottle in what seems to be a frustrated and angry gesture. Right now, I have him on my lap nursing as I type this. He seems to want me to stop because he keeps grunting as he'll do when annoyed and feeding and he's using his legs to push against my arms as I type.
We're pretty quick to respond to his vocalizations and it seems he's now used to that. As a result, if I pick him up and turn towards what he considers the "wrong" room to attend to whatever need, he'll vocalize a grunt or cry in objection. We fear giving him too much "Tummy Time" because he gets PO'ed when he can't turn over...which is the result of too little Tummy Time. But if we leave him too long like that, he cries in frustration.
The good thing we've noticed is that he seems to be differentiating complaints now. He's taking to vocalizing a loud call instead of crying sometimes when he wants our attention.
It may be just the age. I dunno yet.
June 21, 2007
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