Sebastian’s Quiver

Sebastian has started something new.  Besides his normal smiley moods that he gets into during the day, occasionally when he’s sleeping he’ll start smiling and even giggling a little.  Not real laughing, but more of a soft, cooing giggle that babies do before they can actually laugh.

Which leads me to wonder, what is he dreaming about?  There are only a couple things that make him smile while he’s awake.  Is he dreaming about those?  Does he dream about Juli and I playing with him?  Or is he dreaming about things that we adults can’t comprehend?  Does he dream about his time in the womb when he was all floaty and bouncy and safe?

I remember when I was a little kid - 6 years old? younger? - and I used to have dreams that were vivid in either (or both) smell or touch.  I would feel or smell all kinds of wonderous things that didn’t exist in reality.  Entire dreams would be in different touches and smells.  For years and years afterwards I would feel or smell something while I was awake and it would jar me back to a sensation that i experienced while dreaming all those years ago.  Unfortunately, I haven’t experienced that recently, but the sudden recollections lasted into my adult life.  I wonder if Sebastian’s dreams are a little like that.