Jonah and the Cork Drop

Jonah pretty much only uses a pacifier when he is sleeping. Even then, he doesn't always use it, and we don't like to keep it in, especially when he is smiling and happy because a pacifier (or cork, as we like to call it) hides his wonderful smile!

If he doesn't fall asleep with it at night, he sometimes finds it in his crib. If he doesn't, he might sit up and cry a little, and we can "re-cork" him and he lies right down and goes back to sleep.

When we get him out of his crib in the mornings, we would pull the cork out and drop it back into his crib. Recently, he surprised us and started doing this himself! He pulls it out, waves it around a little, and drops it in his crib. Some days this is clearly more difficult for him than others. In fact, one day he reinserted the cork instead of dropping it. It is just so cute when he makes the drop. He will often gaze longingly at is as it rolls to a stop on his mattress.