Catch 22

I love my job. Yes, it can be very hectic and stressful working with the public and other healthcare professionals, but I get a great sense of accomplishment out of a long hard day at work...however, that means I'm not with my son. ::momma guilt:: I'm about the luckiest person in the world to have my mom watch Benjamin, but being away means I miss things...like the fact that he rolled from his belly to back twice! And this is the "for real" rolling, not the "I'm a tiny little squirt and I get so mad that I accidentally flip over" type of rolling. : )
The good thing about working is that it does give me a break, and I feel much more mentally prepared to handle "meltdowns"..

Benjamin's current favs:

• Patty cake
• Hokey Pokey
• Exersaucer (he practically dives out of our arms into it)
  
• "flying" in the air
• Looking at himself in a mirror
• Getting his shirt taken off
• Little tickles on the tummy/underarms (ticklish like his mama!)
• Bathtime
• Waking up in the morning (he is all smiles)
• gnawing on anything
• Grabbing paper (sunday coupon section was his fav) and chewing on it (yeah,yeah, the ink probably isn't good for him....he just does this when Gpa Cow lets him)
• Staring at the bouncy seat from afar
• Nursing
  

Benjamin's current dislikes:

• Going to sleep (we often resort to running the vacuum to calm him down, then he will sometimes conk out)
  
• Being propped up in a chair
• Riding in a car for a long time (short distances, much improved!)
• Getting his jacket on (probably learning to associate this with the carseat : (
• The bottle

Benjamin with his favorite chew toy: Grandpa's hand!

Look, I'm starting to push up! Tummy time is much more fun these days.

In other topics, I recently came across a cosmetics database. It lists almost all products on the market, and the amount of potentially harmful ingredients ( such as products that cause cancer, developmental/reproductive toxicity, allergies, or other concerns such as an irritant, organ system toxicity, neurotoxicity, etc).
It has in them and ranks them 0-10 with 0 being the least harmful/toxic, and 10 being the worst.
Feel free to visit it and plug in your shampoo, face moisturizer,etc. It is quite eye opening.