Patty Enjoys Tummy Time, Too

While Finnegan enjoys laying on our laps, weaseling up onto Jack, the girls keep an ambivalent distance, sometimes pausing to sniff lil' dude if he's sleeping in his bouncer.

All of the cats have confiscated Jack's toys as their own. Patty, our 8 year-old kitty, performed a double-taboo today: jumping up onto the table to lay on Jack's tummy-time mat. Of course, I reinforced the behavior by first snapping a picture before shooing her down.

So, Finn loves himself some Jack. For that reason, we're extra cautious about letting him around Jack, unsupervised. A well-meaning cuddle could be smothering if not caught in time. We let Finn on our laps to sit next to Jack while we feed or mug on him, but if we're not immediately next to him, Finn isn't allowed to touch him. Finn seems to have taken on a role of protector, though. As he lounged in the sun next to Jack's bouncer today, he swatted a curious Emily (our 2 year-old) away as she tentatively sniffed Jack's sleeping face.