brigid | Dec. 9th, 2010

Niko sacked out really quickly last night which was an absolute blessing because I’m 1) lactose intolerant and 2) an idiot. This is a very bad combination which resulted, last night, in me snuggling in with my baby and two minutes later my stomach making sure I knew I’d made a very bad decision earlier when I drank a big glass of eggnog without taking a lactaid or five. There was a rumbly, if you will, in my tumbly. I managed to hold on a while longer, about five minutes or so, and when I slipped out of bed to dash to the bathroom Niko stayed asleep. Which is a relief because it’s not fun having desperate potty time with a toddler on the other side of the door screaming to be let in, scratching at the door, generally acting like zombies are after him. It’s also no fun when he’s IN the bathroom throwing stuff around, trying to play with razorblades, and flushing the toilet.

After finishing putting my poop in the potty LIKE A BIG GIRL I slipped into the office to work on my computer a bit. It’s been having problems for awhile now (it’s over five years old) but I think I found the solution. I waited up for Nesko to get home and then we went to bed together. Niko was sprawled across the bed so I reached down to shift him. “Vrrr,” he said. At first I thought he was saying that because he was very warm and my hands were cold. But he followed that up with “Car. Car!” and then he shook his head and sobbed “Oh no! CAAAAAAAAAAAAR! vrr vrrr. Caaaaaaaaar.” I mean, he sounded really broken up. Nesko shook him a little and soothed him (shoved a pacifier in his mouth) and we all settled in for a good night’s sleep.

Niko talks in his sleep.

He has for months now.

Usually it’s just an adorably muttered “too…. TOOOO” as he dreams about trains (too toos). This is the first time that I’m aware of that he’s talked about cars in his sleep.

Basically, if it has wheels he loves it. He has other loves, of course. The slide (or the “updown” as he calls it, because you go up and then you go down. He also calls step stools and ladders Updowns.), cats, babies, blocks, empty boxes. But cars and trains are where its at, to the point that he’ll push empty boxes, blocks, and his baby doll around on the floor/table while making car and/or train noises. Is there anything cuter than a toddler grasping a baby doll by the head and shoving it around on the floor while saying “vrrrrr VRRRR eeeee! ah nah! CAR! ha ha ha! vrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”? Well… yes. There is, actually. But he’s pretty cute while he does it.