Top 10

Top Ten Signs Jacob is Sleepy:

10. He lays his head down on things… pillows, the floor, a shoe… then pops up real quick and turns in circles.

9. When he’s in his car seat and his dad says, “Shut your eyes, Jakey.”  He has to rub his eyes.  It’s like some kind of Pavlovian response.  You can say it 5 times and every time, he’ll reach up and rub his eyes.  It’s hard to resist torturing him like this because it’s so funny.

8. Slow breathing.

7. The tired sigh.  He’s been sighing like this since he was born.

6. Unexplained back arching and uncontrollable grumpiness.

5. He gets very quiet.

4. He stares off into space.  He may be sleeping with his eyes open.

3. Sometimes his little hands freeze in mid-air, in strange positions, like he’s waltzing with another invisible baby.

2. His vocabulary is reduced to “nigh-nigh.” (pacifier)  Over and over and over.  And over.

1. And the number one sign Jakey is tired?… His little pointer fingers are rubbing under the collar, the sleeve, the bottom of his shirt, or yours.

An older picture of Jake, post Top 10.