Parenting Lesson Number 1: Dancing with our Son

So I'm know Jer and I have learned more than one lesson so far in the first month with our son...and I intend to post many more. But I wanted to start with my favorite so far.

Lesson Number One: Owen loves to dance.



It doesn't matter what the music is. Right now his personal favorites (with some parental influence) include Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillet and The Fray. We read somewhere that if you don't do the every day baby lullabies, your own music would work just fine. So one night while trying to comfort a tummy aching Mr. O, and find some peace for ourselves, we popped in a favorite Jason Mraz CD hoping to soothe both our souls. It's become a daily and nightly ritual. We play CD's now when we change his diaper, before changing his clothes we pick him up and dance around until his crying stops. We play these CD's when it's getting close to bedtime and his later feedings during the night. After feeding him we dance him around the room. It's in those quiet moments with him that I feel like we've found our groove as parents with our child. We've learned something unique that helps our son find comfort...and in doing so...grow in our confidence as parents. It's funny b/c within this lesson I've found that rather than us teaching Owen anything so far, he's been teaching us. What an amazing first month under our belt and a lifetime we have to go.