Who's an angry boy?

Sunshine boy was unusually grouchy today, whining, whimpering, fretting and crying since waking up from his pre-lunch nap.

Nothing we did could soothe him. Not even the all-powerful boob.

We struggled to feed him a bowl of porridge and then bathe him. He cried on. I brought him for a ride in the park to distract him. It worked for 10 minutes and he got grouchy again.

I told the Awesome Husband, "Titus never cries for nothing. Something must be upsetting him."

Perhaps his gums are hurting from his emerging tooth on top.

Perhaps his scalp is too itchy from the bad case of cradle cap that has caused bald patches (poor chap!).

Perhaps the day is too hot and humid.

Then at 2.10pm, he started to whimper in a different manner; somewhat less aggressively. Could it be poop, I wondered and took a sniff of his bottom. Ahh, mama knows best indeed! I picked up the stench of poop.

After changing him out of his soiled diapers, Titus cheered up and allowed me to latch him him. He tells sound asleep in under 5 minutes.

Truly, Titus never cries for nothing. His poor mood must have been caused by an upset belly.