"Mommy" Davis

Davis has finally started noticing Jack and interacting with him more, which warms my heart to watch. The funny thing is, he's also becoming much more of a "mom" to Mutsy the more he is aware of Jack. It's really been quite funny the past week or so, and I was able to capture a few things on my phone camera. Background- Mutsy is Davis' beloved stuffed animal that he sleeps with and takes most places. Mutsy has Tiggy (a stuffed Tiger) who usually hangs out as well. Shortly after bringing Jack home from the hospital, Davis demanded that Mutsy be swaddled (at all times) like baby Jack. He even wanted Musty to wear one of Jack's onesies. And recently, he's been involving Musty in many of our day to day routines. So, here are some images of his latest attempts at mothering Mutsy.

Play-time with Mutsy: Mutsy is sitting in the Bumbo and Davis has brought him some baby toys and made him "lunch." He tells Mutsy that he has to say "may I please be excused" when he's done eating.

Nap-time with Mutsy: I catch Davis walking out of Jack's room and shutting the door. Apparently it was Mutsy's nap-time and Davis had laid him in the crib, turned on the mobile and the sound machine and shut the door. He then told me to be quiet! Amazing to me how aware Davis is of our routines that aren't directly related to him.


Feeding time for Mutsy: This was the funniest. I asked Davis to scoot over on the sofa because I needed to sit down and feed Jack. He said, " No it's not time for Jack to eat. It's time for Mutsy to eat." He grabbed my nursing pillow, laid Mutsy on his side and lifted his shirt to feed him. I was DYING laughing as I watched Davis pretend to nurse Mutsy. He kept looking down and checking to make sure Mutsy was eating. It was absolutely hilarious.

I see these actions as Davis becoming more aware of the world around him and connecting the dots so to speak. He recently said to me (out of nowhere), "Mom, baby Jack came out of your belly. You went to the doctor and when you came back, baby Jack was out of your belly." I was a little shocked that he said that given we hadn't talked about that in months. What goes on in the mind of an almost 3 year old??? But then, I told him he came out of my belly too and he just said with certainty, "No, I didn't." Haha. He's still got a lot to learn ;)