milestones

Today was a day of firsts:

1. Mommy’s first time nursing under a blanket — in car, in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s, and only because the sun was hitting baby in the face and bothering him.

2. I figured out how to slip a fresh diaper under and over a wet one and slide the wet one out so no one gets sprayed.

3. The first sit-in-the-car-and-occupy-myself-while-I-let-him-sleep: He was zonked by the time we got home from moms’ group and lunch and I had my knitting with me just for such an occasion.

4. Today Jonah fell asleep without being swaddled, twice. Once for his late afternoon nap, while I was rocking him, and then tonight: He was dozing off after I nursed him. I just put him down for a moment in the bassinet while I checked email (assuming he’d wake himself up soon and we’d have to go through our usual swaddle and rock routine) and when I turned back around, he was asleep, in his little green long johns, on his back, arms spread out and, legs straddled. All wide open to the world. I am choosing to believe he can do this because he feels safe and loved.