baybeasts

- his milky breath and sticky cheeks after a feed
- his little head poking out of the hug a bub sling with its whorl of dark hair
- his six weeks old chatting - the grunts and noisy little sighs, quiet hoots and more determined ‘nga!’s
- his big alert baby eyes boring into ours
- the laying down of his head on our chests as he submits to sleep
- the funny scrunched up, squinty eyed face he makes as he launches onto the breast for a feed
- the appreciative eh, eh, eh noises he makes as he feeds - sometimes wild eyed, like a mad scientist
- random smiles at the breast, his toys, at the poster of River Tam (Serenity) in the toilet, and occasionally at us
- the mild sweet smell of his dirty nappy
- the cheesy smell that emanates from his neck creases
- his little hand clutching onto our finger when he is sucking it (in lieu of a dummy)
- the feel of his tongue against our finger - especially the little fluttery movement as he is dropping off to sleep
- his hair just like his donor’s: business at the front, party at the back
- the way he curls up like a little bug when we take him into the shower
- the slightly stunned look on his face after he has been swaddled: all head and funny little pupa body like a caterpillar
- the tired stare with the slightly furrowed brow
- the way his hand squishes his mouth to one side when he is sleeping on his tummy
- the little triangle of hair on his lower back, just above his bum
- the faceplant into the chest when he really wants to get to sleep
- the sleep sucking against the chest as he is waking up
- the cutest sneezes in the entire universe
- the superman stretch when he wakes up
- the little sigh as he is falling asleep
- the little shapes he makes with his mouth - pursed fish lips, tight little ‘o’ when he is about to fart or poo, comically downturned when he is upset
- the wide eyed look on his face as he stares at his toys and favourite pictures (especially C. Scott the cow and the postcard of Elmer and friends and the flip-a-face book - hot pink and black and white are his favourites)