I Guess He Likes The Altitude
Sometimes I think about what an odd little baby I have. Case in point: Ben’s obsession with standing up. And I don’t mean him standing up, although he does love it when you let him “stand” while holding his hands. Oh no. That makes me life far too easy. No, he likes to make Mommy work; for whatever reason, when he gets fussy, he will not stop crying unless I am standing up.
It is the strangest thing. He’ll have his bottle and then when he’s done, he’ll start crying. Or maybe he’ll be tired, or bored, or whatever the case may be. But for the past few weeks, sitting equals crying, while standing equals contentment. If I sit down after he’s calmed down and is happy, he starts crying again. When I stand back up, he’s almost instantaneously happy. It blows my mind.
And while I would do just about anything to keep Ben happy, this one drives me crazy. Standing for so long holding a baby that gets heavier every day is not easy. My back begins to hurt, my arms start getting tired… so I decide I’ll take a chance and sit down and give myself a break. And what happens? BOOM! He starts crying. I don’t even put him down. He just wants me to be standing up while I’m holding him.
I can’t figure it out. I don’t know what it is about me standing while I hold him, but that’s the way he has to have it. Maybe he just likes the altitude?
