Baby Steroids?

Okay, I know that all moms think their babies are amazing, but now I know for a FACT that mine is (haha, all moms say this exact sentence; they must teach us that in baby-prep class)!!! Not only does he have good head control, good head and trunk extension in prone, and can scoot across the floor on his belly by extending his legs against someone's hands propped on the soles of his feet, but now he can also put his pacifier back in his mouth!!!

Avery was chilling in his crib and "talking" to himself while I was sitting on the computer investigating the swine flu epidemic and the latest Hollywood shoe trends. My mom came into my room (I'm in Cleveland this week) and asked if I had put Avery's pacifier back in his mouth. Apparently, when she was in my room several minutes earlier, she saw his pacifier fall out of his mouth but had to go do something real quick; she was coming back to see if he was getting fussy without it. She was surprised to see that when she came back, the pacifier was back in his mouth; more surprise came when I told her that I wasn't the one who put it back in. Then I became so confused...in my fatigue, did I walk across the room, put his pacifier back in, and walk back without registering that activity in my brain??? Surely not, but I guessed it was possible.

Fast forward to 10 minutes later....I was lying on my bed talking on the phone with a friend when I noticed Avery's pacifier resting near his head on the crib mattress. He was still content and relaxed so I didn't get up. A couple of minutes later, I stared across the room in amazement....Avery was sucking away on that darn pacifier again!!! What the....?????? This time I was POSITIVE that there was no "sleepwalking" going on. My other "rational" train of logic was that there was a family ghost or Avery's guardian angel standing next to his crib who was enjoying giving him his pacifier back whenever it fell out of his mouth (if this was true, I would thank the ghost and then ask him/her how he felt about midnight feedings, haha). When I called Phil to run my X-files logic on him, I was watching Avery like a hawk. When the pacifier fell out of his mouth, he would either turn his head and try to latch onto it that way, or he would flex his shoulder and try to "scoop" it back into his mouth. Now, I have seen him place his hands or forearms over his pacifier many times when it got dangerously close to falling out, but I was shocked to discover this new activity!! What great problem solving our son has!! He must take after his father in regards to motor control and resourcefulness....I think that I would take the easy route and scream until someone came and got it for me. :)