The First Counterstrike

Little Graham is getting feistier and feistier. He's also honing his fine motor skills to be able to work those paci's. All of this means big brother needs to be protective of his paci when feisty little G is around.

This past Thursday night we first saw Graham master his paci. For weeks he’d been grasping hold of it and plucking it from his mouth… then he’d try desperately to put it back all by himself only to hit himself repeatedly in the eye, nose, cheek and chin. Finally on Thursday his aim got a little better and he actually put his paci in his mouth for himself. I am so thankful for this milestone, as it means he doesn’t need to cry for me to put it in there for him anymore.

Having conquered his own paci, Graham moved onto Cole’s. Over the weekend he was staring and staring at big brother’s face. So finally I put him right next to Cole on the couch and immediately his little hand shot up to Cole’s cheek…
And after 5 months of being knocked around by Cole, Graham initiated his first counterstrike. He reached and reached and finally got hold of Cole’s paci, then yanked it right out of Cole’s mouth. And so it starts!
Cole was more stunned than angry. He reclaimed his paci and popped it right back in.
Then graham struck again. "Noooooooooooo, GI-GI!" Cole protested. He held his paci in his fist at first, guarding it. Then he put it under his butt and sat on it for maximum safe-guarding. So Gi-gi just started reaching out and poking Cole all over his face. Finally Cole got up and moved away from Gi-gi’s little attack.

It’s On! Don’t mess with Gi-Gi.