lovie, milk and poop

Today was a good day...
Sylvia had called and expressed concern that she just couldn't get him to nap during the day. i told her what i did on the weekends to get him to nap (sometimes for up to 3 hours). Cash has never been one of those kids who will fall alseep anywhere - he needs a very quiet environment with no distractions but most of all i have noticed that he loves to sleep with his "lovie" (his blue blanket). I only give it to him at nap and bed time and as soon as he sees it he burries his face into it and gets immediately drowsy. I hesitated taking it to daycare because i didn't want to have to remember to collect it every day but today i took it and Sylvia seemed very pleased (and well rested herself) when we picked Cash up and he had taken a 2 hour nap!
Tonight i gave Cash real cow's milk. we were eating dinner and he was having chicken, corn and applesauce and i thought he should have something to drink. i picked up some "red" milk (the creamy stuff Rick likes) at the store the other day - just in case. so i filled up his sippy cup and he loved it!! this is significant for a couple reasons. until this point cash had really only seen his sippy cup as a teething ring. it didn't matter what i put in it he wouldn't drink it, he'd just bite on the top. as soon as i put it in his mouth and he tasted the milk he started drinking it. You aren't supposed to give infants cow's milk until they are a year old because of allergies but i figure since i drink a large glass of milk every night Cash was bound to build up an immunity to any allergies over the past 8 months. lets hope he doesn't wake up covered in hives because the kid likes milk!
Tonight also marks the 2nd time that Cash has pooped on me. if you had asked me earlier i would have thought that 8 months in he would have pooped on me more but only twice so far. I was taking him to get in the bath and took all his clothes and diaper off and by the time i rounded the corner into the bathroom from his bedroom i had poop all over my arm, hand and pants. Gross. but nothing a packet of wipes and a shower didn't take care of.
All is good in the land of Martins tonight. Cash is sleeping, or at least working himself to sleep. and there are new shows on TV so i can wash some bottles and then relax on the couch.