Sweet Snuggles.

Snuggles is a great kid.

Last night he went down at 8:30, about an hour later I heard him crying. I went in there, his eyes were closed but he was whining and saying "mama, mama" over and over.

Totally broke my heart.

I picked him up out of the crib and rocked him. He stopped doing it and quickly went back to sleep.

I have been waiting for tantrums, bad behaviors, etc but I have yet to see ANY of that. He is very sweet and he listens when I say "No". He brings Makily toys and LOVES to make Little J laugh. He likes to pull wipes out of the container and wipe off the coffee table. I went in to do the laundry earlier and he followed me and starting handing me clothes to put in the washer.

He is well nourished, his hair is cut, he's happy and says "Mama" very often. I am wondering how much "neglect" he could have suffered. He just "seems" well taken care of. I am sure there may be much more to his story than I know but from my stand point (and I only know and see half the story) it looks like someone has loved and taken care of him.

He is a VERY GOOD eater and realllly likes to eat grapes. I had to cut him off for fear he would have massive diarrhea. I am trying to do a daily log of what he is eating, likes, dislikes and what his behaviors are like so the person that gets him on Tuesday will have something to go off of. All the info we had was his name, birthday and reason for removal (which is summarized into one sentence). He did not come with much. A few onesies (in the wrong size), a sippy cup and a couple of diapers that were too small. My parents went and got him some clothes and things last night. It was a huge help because Allen did not get home til 10:30 and I had NOTHING that he could wear and minimal stuff that I could feed him (I am sure he would not appreciate Jenny Craig food or J's purees).

He had a rough time going to sleep tonight. Didn't want me to put him down. When I finally did he grabbed my hand and so I stood there hovering over the crib with my hand on his heart. I tried sneaking away once he fell asleep but he would immediately wake up and cry. So I laid on the floor next to the crib with my arm inside it so he could hold my hand. :-) I felt sort of like the Statue of Liberty. Allen came in and sang his version of "Lullaby and Goodnight" to Snuggles. Allen's version is a little odd I might add and it actually includes the word "pickle". I had to stifle laughing at him because I didn't want to disturb Snuggles. Allen's warped song worked because he fell asleep....for about 20 minutes. Then he woke again and ended up falling asleep in my arms on the couch.

So all is well in our home tonight. The babies are tucked in safe and sound in their beds.

I am going to bed.

*Huge Yawn*