I've had my boys for almost a month now (It'll be a month on the 9th). They'll be four months old on the 18th. We've been working really hard to make their lives happy and healthy. They being so young were not quite hand tamed when we adopted them. So we've been patiently taking them out for lap time everyday, bribing them with plenty of tasty treats. We're making slow progress but it's progress none the less. Part of it is figuring out what they like. For example: Felix likes to have his tummy pet, but you have to put your finger under him because he won't let you put him on his back and he loves to have his chin scratched. Casper likes to be held a certain way, almost in a standing position.
Anyway, we took them out for lap/veggie time out on our couch today. I sat on one end of the couch with my legs up and my fiancé sat on the other end with his feet up as well. Our legs made a kind of wall like tunnel for the boys. We set them in the middle. I also had their squishy red pillow on my lap and their lap time blankie was on the floor next to me.
Well Felix climbed right up onto the pillow and settled right down. Casper decided he liked the pillow too, but used it in a different way. He burrowed under it. My legs made a little cave with the pillow as the roof. He loved it. So this gave me an idea. I draped their lap time blankie over my head and let it hand down over my body. I essentially made myself one big piggy toy. The boys loved it! They went crazy crawling all over me, running up and down the couch. Popcorning on my stomach. Running up to my face and giving me kisses. Cuddling under my neck. Coming up to my hand and nudging it for petting. They were chattering away the whole time. They even tried to eat some of my fiancé’s leg hair.
This was the best lap time we had together and I just HAD to share. I'm in such a good mood now!
Anyway, we took them out for lap/veggie time out on our couch today. I sat on one end of the couch with my legs up and my fiancé sat on the other end with his feet up as well. Our legs made a kind of wall like tunnel for the boys. We set them in the middle. I also had their squishy red pillow on my lap and their lap time blankie was on the floor next to me.
Well Felix climbed right up onto the pillow and settled right down. Casper decided he liked the pillow too, but used it in a different way. He burrowed under it. My legs made a little cave with the pillow as the roof. He loved it. So this gave me an idea. I draped their lap time blankie over my head and let it hand down over my body. I essentially made myself one big piggy toy. The boys loved it! They went crazy crawling all over me, running up and down the couch. Popcorning on my stomach. Running up to my face and giving me kisses. Cuddling under my neck. Coming up to my hand and nudging it for petting. They were chattering away the whole time. They even tried to eat some of my fiancé’s leg hair.
This was the best lap time we had together and I just HAD to share. I'm in such a good mood now!