El Nino's Big Adventure

We seem to have a handle on the babysitting thing. We have two sitters now, our "as needed" sitter and one who will come regularly once a week. We used our occasional sitter last week. Mommy came home at 9pm after a loooong day expecting el nino to be sound asleep. (I have to admit I was feeling a little sorry for myself to have missed a whole day and evening with him, but I figured we'd greet each other at 1am when it was time for another feeding.) However, I was surprised to find el still awake. He was very tired but had, apparently, been waiting for mommy to come home. I no sooner picked him up than he fell asleep. Now, on this particular occasion it felt pretty good. However, there are other times when it feels a little funny to be the one who puts my son to sleep so quickly.

My husband will sometimes call me at work, and I can hear el nino chattering away in the background. When I come home from work or as I spend time with him on the weekends, I try to get el to talk to me the way he does to his dad, but it's rather half-hearted on his part. He just doesn't chatter with mom the way he does with daddy. I am the one who can put el nino to sleep at the drop of a hat. Am I that boring? Ah well, we all have our dubious honors in life I guess.