My little…”dolphin”???

Over the past couple of weeks, we have noticed that Jacob has some power legs.  During the day he is usually swaddled but with his arms out.  At night, we choose to swaddle him completely (arms tucked in the swaddle) so that he will sleep more soundly.  What I have noticed over the past couple of nights is that he loves to make noises in the crib to make Daddy get up to see what is going on.

Last night, I hear him grunting like normal and letting out a brief cry every now and then.  Then I started hearing a grunt followed by a bang.  Grunt, bang…grunt, bang…grunt, bang…

So I get up to see what is going on in his crib?  I poke my head in his room and watch for a few seconds…

Jacob (grunting) lifts his swaddled legs as high as he can…and then drops them down onto the mattress making the “banging” noise I heard.  He would do this repeatedly.  I then walk into his room (and he hears me) and all of a sudden his stops.  I will try to get this on video the next time he does it…it is hilarious.

I told Victoria this afternoon what “her baby boy” was doing and she couldn’t stop laughing.  That was a funny moment we shared…

So, my little swaddled buddy is now my little “dolphin”. How fitting…Connor got the nickname “Mr. Hurricane” from Papa and Jacob can be “Flipper”…all having ties to South Florida (where Mommy was born).

(Hope this video works…found it on YouTube.)