crushing

The wee one can rotate about his lower abdomen and propel himself in short jerks across the floor as long as he has bare feet and he's on a carpet. With covered feet or on a shiny surface he can only propel himself backwards, which seems to distress him. Oddly, the big one attempting to squeeze his head did not distress him, though it distressed me a bit. They almost managed to simultaneously calm down by the time the evening came, which is always handy when Nicky has some sort of social event in a bar to attend, though Amos was pretty much asleep when Edgar decided he was going to barge in and start asking questions, resulting in slight bedtime wailings.