Lawson has a new trick.... and it's not a fun one. He's found the upper ranges of his voice and he practices his screeching technique at every opportunity. Ugh..... He loves the sound of it, so he just keeps doing it. There's nothing I can do except wait for the phase to pass.

Well, today was my first major grocery run since Lawson learned that trick and he did it up and down every aisle! At least it made me shop very quickly! The screeches of joy turned into fussy screeches, which is unusual - my little boy loves to shop! By the time I got to the checkout line, he was full-on pissy and I was ready to leave. I was putting my food on that conveyor belt thing, when Lawson distracted me causing me to drop a glass jar of applesauce on the floor. It went everywhere! Fortunately, someone came and cleaned it up quickly, but Lawson finally snapped. We're talking red-faced, tonsil-showing screaming! People were really nice and sympathetic, fortunately. I mean, he's a baby not a misbehaving kid. (I'm sure he'll be that from time to time, but not yet.) He finally calmed down on the ride home. I actually think he got overheated in his infant seat - I think he's ready for me to just put him in the cart. I have one of those covers and it'll buckle him in so I think that's what we need to do. Needless to say, I was happy to get us home and settled.