He also feeds himself, drinks out of a sippy cup, sits up really well by himself and holds his own bottle. Such a big boy.
Dear time: I'm gonna need for you to #slowyourrole now, mmmmk?
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Two toofies!
Someone has gotten two teeth over the last week...and he's not happy that mama is making him show them off!
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Craft: Four Months Old
Welp, with all of the excitement of going back to work last week I was a slacker on the blog front and didn't get to officially wish sweet Craft a happy 4-month-birthday.
The week was hectic - Dan is in the middle of his busiest few weeks of the year at work while they're trying to pass the budget, plus we had another gala to attend on Thursday evening. The good news is that no one was seriously injured and I managed to get both children fed and in bed pretty close to "on time" every night so I think we may all be starting to get the hang of things. Thanks to Auntie Syd for the extra hands - her help has definitely been making our lives much easier! These update posts are never short, so I'll get right to it.
Weight/Length: Dan and I had a friendly wager going relating to our big boy's weight, and neither of us won because he ended up weighing less than we thought he did, ha! Mean mama and Daddy. Drum roll please…
Height: 25 inches/50th percentile (up from 23.5 inches/50th at his 2-month check-up)
Weight: 18 lbs, 11 oz/97th percentile (up from 16 lbs, 14.5 oz/>97th at 2 months)
Head: 17 inches/75th percentile (up from 16.5 inches/85th at 2 months)
For the record, my guess was 20 lbs and Dan's was 22. I was surprised to look back at my records and note that Craft isn't actually that much bigger than big sister Lilly was at 4 months old (she was 16 lbs, 3.5 oz and 25 inches long).
Sleep: We are once again lucky ducks and have another (for the most part) pretty good sleeper…at least until the past week or so, ugh. Up until this past week, Craft's night sleep was pretty predictable but we seem to have gotten hit by the 4-month sleep regression and I hate it. If he is being "normal," he goes down between 7:30-8:00 pm and sleeps until sometime around 6:00 am, eats and then goes back to sleep until 8:00 or 8:30am. For the past week, though, he's decided to get up and eat earlier - most mornings around 4am, but last night he was up at 10p, 2a and 7a. So weird. Dr. G said this is totally normal and assured me that I'm not creating bad habits by feeding him when he wakes - in fact she agreed with my opinion that it's a much quicker way to get him to go back to sleep and told me that he'll be out of it soon. Fingers crossed.
Naps are getting better but still not very predictable. Again, Dr. G said he probably won't start putting himself into any kind of consistent routine until around 6 months. Currently, the only thing predictable about Craft's daytime sleep patterns is that he is ready to go to sleep around 2 hours (sometimes less) after he woke up from his last nap. Additionally, his first nap of the day is typically pretty short - only around 45 minutes or an hour. Sometimes the rest of his naps for the day are more frequent and only last 45 minutes or an hour, and other days he stretches them out and gives me a couple of 2-hour naps or several 45 minute naps and then one three-hour nap. The inconsistency makes planning things tricky, but luckily he's still at the age where he'll sleep pretty easily in his car seat or in the baby carrier when we're on the go.
Feeding: There really isn't a lot of change here from Craft's 3-month update. He's still eating around every 3-4 hours, usually 4 hours unless it's close to a nap and I force-feed him a little early in hopes for an uninterrupted (and longer) nap. He is also still spitting up some but again, not nearly as frequently or as much in amount as previously.
Craft has done really well taking the bottle while I've been at work (hallelujah!), and Syd says he also seems to spit up less on days when he takes bottles, so I'm wondering if I am drowning him when he nurses. We had a few adjustment days after I went back to work, but hopefully I've figured out the proper amount of pumping because he did better switching back and forth between bottle and b00b as the week progressed. He currently takes a 5-oz bottle every four-ish hours - sometimes he finishes it, other times he doesn't.
One more exciting thing to note, Craft got the okay from the doctor to start solids! He got his first taste of oatmeal this week (doctor's recommendation was to skip the rice cereal, I can't remember why but we went with it). He is pretty good at eating with the spoon but didn't seem too excited with the new tastes, ha!
I can't wait to move on to more fun things in a few weeks (banana, avocado, apple blueberry, etc.).
Firsts This Month: Oy, lots of these and I'm sure I'll still leave something out. For one thing, we took Craft to the beach for the first time to visit Grandma Susie and Papa over Memorial Day Weekend. I unfortunately never got around to blogging those photos, so here are a few of all of the fun we had during the long weekend!
Craft also went swimming for the first time in our neighborhood pool.
Craft has also been sitting up "by himself" in various contraptions such as the jumperoo, door jumper, bumbo and various other seats. I think that as of his 3-month post he was sitting in the bumbo some, but he's getting much better at it and has been able to sit in other seats as well for longer and longer periods of time.
Developments: Craft has really started "talking" this month. He was making noises previously, but lately it seems like if he's awake, he's talking all the time. He loves to explore his vocal cords - both the different sounds he can make and the varying volumes (the loudest sounds he can make are his most favorite!).
C is very purposeful now when he is using his hands. He still "bats" at his toys but it no longer seems accidental. He can also pick toys up and hold them, and he's very oral because most things these days go straight to his mouth. He is drooling a LOT, which could be teething but also is just normal at his age. He has really good head control and continues to roll over from his back to his tummy (he still hasn't gone the other way, probably because he hates tummy time so he rarely does it but his head isn't flat and clearly he has good control of it so the doctor didn't protest). Dr. G was particularly impressed with that trick, which he demonstrated while we were visiting her on Friday. She said it's much harder for babies to roll from back to tummy, especially chunky babies with a lot of weight to get over. Overachiever, just like his sister! Also, Craft freely gives smiles and we have witnessed (quite a few of) our first belly laughs. I tried to get it on camera last week but he has the hiccups so you can't really tell he's laughing, but gosh it is the best sound and SO cute. It is amazing the silly things we will do over and over again to hear that sweet giggle! He thinks that Lilly is the funniest.
I wrote in Lilly's four-month update that around this time she started consciously finding her thumb some instead of just chewing on her whole hand, and I speculated as to whether she would be a thumb sucker (yes). Craft is doing the same, so we'll see what that means. I have been feeling like he loves the paci more than Lills did at this age, but according to photos that is not the case, so we'll see!
Likes: Not a ton of changes here: bath. sleeping. eating. bumbo. door jumper. jumper. Lilly. Layla. Daddy. Aunt Syd. Carney. being outside. walks. swinging. being worn. ceiling fans. drooling. putting things in his mouth. his paci. talking/babbling/exploring his vocal cords. belly laughing. kicking his legs. singing. snuggling. more eating.
Notice I left the piano mat off this month - C has decided he hates it. I think I figured out that the toys hang down too low/close to his face, because if I take the toys off he doesn't mind it as much.
Dislikes: Again not too many changes. Craft is truly one of the happiest babies, and is pretty good unless he's hungry, tired, has a poop or is gassy. He is also getting better with the car seat, thank the Lord!
What I'm Thankful For: Carney and Aunt Syd! They take such good care of my babies for me and were so good about texting me and sending me pictures and videos last week. It makes my days at at work a little easier knowing that everyone is happy (for the most part) at home! Also my coworkers, family and friends for checking in on me throughout the week.
What I'm Looking Forward To: We have lots of fun things coming up over the next few weeks: a neighborhood food truck rodeo, birthday parties, LOTS of pool time, Mason's first birthday party, and a trip to the mountains. Yay!
Next Pediatrician Appointment: August 6 for his 6-month appointment with Dr. V.
I'm off to finish laundry, bottle and pump part washing, etc. but I shall leave you with some more photos from our little 4-month photo shoot.
Hope your weekend was great!
The week was hectic - Dan is in the middle of his busiest few weeks of the year at work while they're trying to pass the budget, plus we had another gala to attend on Thursday evening. The good news is that no one was seriously injured and I managed to get both children fed and in bed pretty close to "on time" every night so I think we may all be starting to get the hang of things. Thanks to Auntie Syd for the extra hands - her help has definitely been making our lives much easier! These update posts are never short, so I'll get right to it.
Weight/Length: Dan and I had a friendly wager going relating to our big boy's weight, and neither of us won because he ended up weighing less than we thought he did, ha! Mean mama and Daddy. Drum roll please…
Height: 25 inches/50th percentile (up from 23.5 inches/50th at his 2-month check-up)
Weight: 18 lbs, 11 oz/97th percentile (up from 16 lbs, 14.5 oz/>97th at 2 months)
Head: 17 inches/75th percentile (up from 16.5 inches/85th at 2 months)
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| At the doctor for his 4-month check-up! |
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| C was trying to impress everyone with his baby vocabulary. He was cooing and giggling (loudly) and being a regular little ham while we were waiting to see Dr. G! |
Sleep: We are once again lucky ducks and have another (for the most part) pretty good sleeper…at least until the past week or so, ugh. Up until this past week, Craft's night sleep was pretty predictable but we seem to have gotten hit by the 4-month sleep regression and I hate it. If he is being "normal," he goes down between 7:30-8:00 pm and sleeps until sometime around 6:00 am, eats and then goes back to sleep until 8:00 or 8:30am. For the past week, though, he's decided to get up and eat earlier - most mornings around 4am, but last night he was up at 10p, 2a and 7a. So weird. Dr. G said this is totally normal and assured me that I'm not creating bad habits by feeding him when he wakes - in fact she agreed with my opinion that it's a much quicker way to get him to go back to sleep and told me that he'll be out of it soon. Fingers crossed.
Naps are getting better but still not very predictable. Again, Dr. G said he probably won't start putting himself into any kind of consistent routine until around 6 months. Currently, the only thing predictable about Craft's daytime sleep patterns is that he is ready to go to sleep around 2 hours (sometimes less) after he woke up from his last nap. Additionally, his first nap of the day is typically pretty short - only around 45 minutes or an hour. Sometimes the rest of his naps for the day are more frequent and only last 45 minutes or an hour, and other days he stretches them out and gives me a couple of 2-hour naps or several 45 minute naps and then one three-hour nap. The inconsistency makes planning things tricky, but luckily he's still at the age where he'll sleep pretty easily in his car seat or in the baby carrier when we're on the go.
Feeding: There really isn't a lot of change here from Craft's 3-month update. He's still eating around every 3-4 hours, usually 4 hours unless it's close to a nap and I force-feed him a little early in hopes for an uninterrupted (and longer) nap. He is also still spitting up some but again, not nearly as frequently or as much in amount as previously.
Craft has done really well taking the bottle while I've been at work (hallelujah!), and Syd says he also seems to spit up less on days when he takes bottles, so I'm wondering if I am drowning him when he nurses. We had a few adjustment days after I went back to work, but hopefully I've figured out the proper amount of pumping because he did better switching back and forth between bottle and b00b as the week progressed. He currently takes a 5-oz bottle every four-ish hours - sometimes he finishes it, other times he doesn't.
One more exciting thing to note, Craft got the okay from the doctor to start solids! He got his first taste of oatmeal this week (doctor's recommendation was to skip the rice cereal, I can't remember why but we went with it). He is pretty good at eating with the spoon but didn't seem too excited with the new tastes, ha!
I can't wait to move on to more fun things in a few weeks (banana, avocado, apple blueberry, etc.).
Firsts This Month: Oy, lots of these and I'm sure I'll still leave something out. For one thing, we took Craft to the beach for the first time to visit Grandma Susie and Papa over Memorial Day Weekend. I unfortunately never got around to blogging those photos, so here are a few of all of the fun we had during the long weekend!
Craft also went swimming for the first time in our neighborhood pool.
Craft has also been sitting up "by himself" in various contraptions such as the jumperoo, door jumper, bumbo and various other seats. I think that as of his 3-month post he was sitting in the bumbo some, but he's getting much better at it and has been able to sit in other seats as well for longer and longer periods of time.
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| Poor guy. Not only does he have to sit in a purple bumbo but he has to endure big sister/Aunt Syd putting bows in his hair! |
Developments: Craft has really started "talking" this month. He was making noises previously, but lately it seems like if he's awake, he's talking all the time. He loves to explore his vocal cords - both the different sounds he can make and the varying volumes (the loudest sounds he can make are his most favorite!).
C is very purposeful now when he is using his hands. He still "bats" at his toys but it no longer seems accidental. He can also pick toys up and hold them, and he's very oral because most things these days go straight to his mouth. He is drooling a LOT, which could be teething but also is just normal at his age. He has really good head control and continues to roll over from his back to his tummy (he still hasn't gone the other way, probably because he hates tummy time so he rarely does it but his head isn't flat and clearly he has good control of it so the doctor didn't protest). Dr. G was particularly impressed with that trick, which he demonstrated while we were visiting her on Friday. She said it's much harder for babies to roll from back to tummy, especially chunky babies with a lot of weight to get over. Overachiever, just like his sister! Also, Craft freely gives smiles and we have witnessed (quite a few of) our first belly laughs. I tried to get it on camera last week but he has the hiccups so you can't really tell he's laughing, but gosh it is the best sound and SO cute. It is amazing the silly things we will do over and over again to hear that sweet giggle! He thinks that Lilly is the funniest.
I wrote in Lilly's four-month update that around this time she started consciously finding her thumb some instead of just chewing on her whole hand, and I speculated as to whether she would be a thumb sucker (yes). Craft is doing the same, so we'll see what that means. I have been feeling like he loves the paci more than Lills did at this age, but according to photos that is not the case, so we'll see!
Likes: Not a ton of changes here: bath. sleeping. eating. bumbo. door jumper. jumper. Lilly. Layla. Daddy. Aunt Syd. Carney. being outside. walks. swinging. being worn. ceiling fans. drooling. putting things in his mouth. his paci. talking/babbling/exploring his vocal cords. belly laughing. kicking his legs. singing. snuggling. more eating.
Notice I left the piano mat off this month - C has decided he hates it. I think I figured out that the toys hang down too low/close to his face, because if I take the toys off he doesn't mind it as much.
Dislikes: Again not too many changes. Craft is truly one of the happiest babies, and is pretty good unless he's hungry, tired, has a poop or is gassy. He is also getting better with the car seat, thank the Lord!
What I'm Thankful For: Carney and Aunt Syd! They take such good care of my babies for me and were so good about texting me and sending me pictures and videos last week. It makes my days at at work a little easier knowing that everyone is happy (for the most part) at home! Also my coworkers, family and friends for checking in on me throughout the week.
What I'm Looking Forward To: We have lots of fun things coming up over the next few weeks: a neighborhood food truck rodeo, birthday parties, LOTS of pool time, Mason's first birthday party, and a trip to the mountains. Yay!
Next Pediatrician Appointment: August 6 for his 6-month appointment with Dr. V.
I'm off to finish laundry, bottle and pump part washing, etc. but I shall leave you with some more photos from our little 4-month photo shoot.
Hope your weekend was great!
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Craft: Three Months Old
Time is flying faster than ever. I can't believe it's already time for another update! Craft is growing so fast, and I was telling Stephanie today that it makes me both happy and sad. I'm happy because over the past month I have finally gotten to the point where I don't feel overwhelmed 24/7, but it also makes me sad because babies grow too quickly and C is likely my last. Lots has happened this month, and I have lots of cute photos (seriously probably 25) of C rocking his 3-month sticker, so I'll get right to the stats!
Weight/Length: I really have no idea on either. I am guessing 18 lbs for weight, but it's just a guess. We'll get an official number at his 4-month doctor appointment in June because, let's be honest, I can say I'll weigh him tomorrow but we all know I won't.
Sleep: Knocking on wood here, but since we saw the doctor at 2 months and she advised us to do some really mild sleep training to start teaching Craft to put himself to sleep, Craft has been sleeping like a champ at night (She told us to put him down awake and let him fuss for no longer than 30 minutes. I couldn't stomach letting him cry for 30 minutes straight so we did a modified version of the Ferber method. One of us went in, replaced his paci and rubbed his belly after 3, 5 and 7 minute intervals and he got the hang of it after two days. He has had occasional days where he needed a little help after that first week, but I think he's only gotten past that 7-minute mark once or twice - thank the Lord he made it pretty easy on us.). He rang in his 12-week birthday by dropping his 6am feeding for about a week and a half, which means he was going down between 8-9pm and sleeping until some time between 7-8 am every morning. The past three nights, though, C has decided to add that feeding back in, but he's been going down around 8pm and sleeping until 6am, eating really quickly and then going back to sleep until sometime between 8-9am so I have no complaints. I know, I am a bia and have gotten lucky twice. Naps are still all over the place, which I gather is normal for this age. C typically is not awake for longer than 2 hours at a time (read: I put him down for a nap at the two-hour mark no matter what if he's still awake). Some days, he'll sleep 45 minutes or an hour every two hours all day long, and other days he'll do some 45m-1h naps and then give me a big 2-3 (sometimes 4, depending on the day) nap. I have been tracking his sleep to look for patterns and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to when that happens. The days when he sleeps in shorter increments all day long are a little more challenging when I'm trying to do things around the house, especially because sometimes I know he's still tired after 45 minutes but he refuses to go back to sleep. I've read that most babies don't start to consolidate naps into longer chunks where you can start to get them on a schedule until around 6 months, but some babies do it earlier. Here's hoping!
Feeding: As evidenced by all photos ever taken, Craft is still a great eater and very efficient at nursing. He no longer eats overnight, and during the day he eats every 3-4 hours. It is mostly closer to 4 hours, but sometimes he's hungry prior to that. Also, sometimes I will feed him prior to 4 hours if it's close and he's about to go down for a nap in an effort to get him to sleep longer. Same goes for longer-than-4-hour-periods - if C is napping when it's time to eat, I don't wake him up to feed him. Craft is still spitting up some but it doesn't seem to be nearly as frequent, and he is finally burping a little better for me. Hopefully we're over that hump because Momma hates the spit up.
Firsts This Month: First Easter/visit with the Easter bunny. First baby shower (for my cousin Christie), which he attended over the weekend. First giggles! No belly laughs yet, but I have gotten quite a few giggles (so have Daddy and Lilly - he saves the good ones for his big sister!). First time sitting up in the Bumbo. AND, just today we learned a new trick!!! I guess it should technically go in next month's update since today is the 6th, but I was so happy to be here for it (and I caught the very first one on video!): Craft rolled over for the first time today!!!
I am such a proud Mama, and I can't believe my big boy rolled over. I thought it was just a fluke, but he did it 5 or 6 times - Carney witnessed! Such a big boy. He only rolled in that one setting - when he was on the couch before his nap - he didn't roll any more tonight, but I hope he shows off for Daddy soon. Finally, first time voting tonight!
Developments: The first thing that comes to mind in this category is that Craft is just very awake. He still sleeps quite a bit, but he is definitely awake a lot more than before - and very observant. He is a morning baby, and is happiest after he wakes up for the day - so smiley and that's when you're most likely to get some giggles. Craft has very good head control and still is not a huge fan of tummy time but doesn't seem to mind it as much if I prop him up on the boppy (just like big sis!) - although the past few days he seems to really have enjoyed the Bumbo (also just like big sis), even though it's a lot more work for him (and for me when it comes to getting his chunky legs out, ha!). Craft has discovered his hands big time and ALWAYS has them in his mouth. Sometimes it's a few fingers, sometimes it's his whole fist, and he finds his thumb quite a lot - it remains to be seen whether he'll suck his thumb like big sister. He has started to bat at his toys - I think it is accidental, though. I can tell that Craft recognizes faces and voices, especially mine, Dan's and Lilly's. He will follow his big sister with his eyes wherever she goes! He seems to enjoy watching her. He also seems to enjoy watching himself in mirrors. Craft still likes to chew on his tongue and sometimes appears to have full-on babble conversations, which are the second cutest only to the giggles.
Likes: bath. sleeping. eating. piano mat. bouncy seat. being outside. bumbo. Lilly. Layla. Daddy. ceiling fans. drooling. sucking on fist/fingers/thumb. paci. chewing on his tongue. babbling/cooing. giggling. kicking legs. singing.
Dislikes: No changes here: being cold and being tired are the biggest two. Craft also does not always love the car seat, which can be tricky with all of the traveling we do!
What I'm Thankful For: Play dates with the bestie. I am not sure why we didn't implement a weekly date starting at the beginning of my leave, but I'm glad we've had one for the past two weeks and look forward to our weekly play dates. Today was truly wonderful and I was so happy all day as a result. The girls have SO MUCH FUN together, the boys sleep, and Steph and I get to catch up. AND she doesn't care if we all show up in our pajamas and vice versa.
On a personal note, I'm also thankful for the end of my Mom's chemo and good results from her appointments after the fact. She still has surgery and radiation to get through, so she's not quite done, but we're almost there and I'm so proud of her and so thankful!
What I'm Looking Forward To: A fun weekend with family this weekend - photos to come, I'm sure!
Next Pediatrician Appointment: Craft's 4-month appointment is on June 6 (my first week back at work, eek!).
I shall leave you with a few random photos in addition to a few bajillion from Craft's 3-month shoot this morning. I can't get enough of his little Michelin-man-physique and all of his expressions. I know he's mine but I swear I could eat him up!
Stay tuned, lots of exciting stuff coming up!
Sarah
Weight/Length: I really have no idea on either. I am guessing 18 lbs for weight, but it's just a guess. We'll get an official number at his 4-month doctor appointment in June because, let's be honest, I can say I'll weigh him tomorrow but we all know I won't.
Sleep: Knocking on wood here, but since we saw the doctor at 2 months and she advised us to do some really mild sleep training to start teaching Craft to put himself to sleep, Craft has been sleeping like a champ at night (She told us to put him down awake and let him fuss for no longer than 30 minutes. I couldn't stomach letting him cry for 30 minutes straight so we did a modified version of the Ferber method. One of us went in, replaced his paci and rubbed his belly after 3, 5 and 7 minute intervals and he got the hang of it after two days. He has had occasional days where he needed a little help after that first week, but I think he's only gotten past that 7-minute mark once or twice - thank the Lord he made it pretty easy on us.). He rang in his 12-week birthday by dropping his 6am feeding for about a week and a half, which means he was going down between 8-9pm and sleeping until some time between 7-8 am every morning. The past three nights, though, C has decided to add that feeding back in, but he's been going down around 8pm and sleeping until 6am, eating really quickly and then going back to sleep until sometime between 8-9am so I have no complaints. I know, I am a bia and have gotten lucky twice. Naps are still all over the place, which I gather is normal for this age. C typically is not awake for longer than 2 hours at a time (read: I put him down for a nap at the two-hour mark no matter what if he's still awake). Some days, he'll sleep 45 minutes or an hour every two hours all day long, and other days he'll do some 45m-1h naps and then give me a big 2-3 (sometimes 4, depending on the day) nap. I have been tracking his sleep to look for patterns and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to when that happens. The days when he sleeps in shorter increments all day long are a little more challenging when I'm trying to do things around the house, especially because sometimes I know he's still tired after 45 minutes but he refuses to go back to sleep. I've read that most babies don't start to consolidate naps into longer chunks where you can start to get them on a schedule until around 6 months, but some babies do it earlier. Here's hoping!
Feeding: As evidenced by all photos ever taken, Craft is still a great eater and very efficient at nursing. He no longer eats overnight, and during the day he eats every 3-4 hours. It is mostly closer to 4 hours, but sometimes he's hungry prior to that. Also, sometimes I will feed him prior to 4 hours if it's close and he's about to go down for a nap in an effort to get him to sleep longer. Same goes for longer-than-4-hour-periods - if C is napping when it's time to eat, I don't wake him up to feed him. Craft is still spitting up some but it doesn't seem to be nearly as frequent, and he is finally burping a little better for me. Hopefully we're over that hump because Momma hates the spit up.
Firsts This Month: First Easter/visit with the Easter bunny. First baby shower (for my cousin Christie), which he attended over the weekend. First giggles! No belly laughs yet, but I have gotten quite a few giggles (so have Daddy and Lilly - he saves the good ones for his big sister!). First time sitting up in the Bumbo. AND, just today we learned a new trick!!! I guess it should technically go in next month's update since today is the 6th, but I was so happy to be here for it (and I caught the very first one on video!): Craft rolled over for the first time today!!!
I am such a proud Mama, and I can't believe my big boy rolled over. I thought it was just a fluke, but he did it 5 or 6 times - Carney witnessed! Such a big boy. He only rolled in that one setting - when he was on the couch before his nap - he didn't roll any more tonight, but I hope he shows off for Daddy soon. Finally, first time voting tonight!
Developments: The first thing that comes to mind in this category is that Craft is just very awake. He still sleeps quite a bit, but he is definitely awake a lot more than before - and very observant. He is a morning baby, and is happiest after he wakes up for the day - so smiley and that's when you're most likely to get some giggles. Craft has very good head control and still is not a huge fan of tummy time but doesn't seem to mind it as much if I prop him up on the boppy (just like big sis!) - although the past few days he seems to really have enjoyed the Bumbo (also just like big sis), even though it's a lot more work for him (and for me when it comes to getting his chunky legs out, ha!). Craft has discovered his hands big time and ALWAYS has them in his mouth. Sometimes it's a few fingers, sometimes it's his whole fist, and he finds his thumb quite a lot - it remains to be seen whether he'll suck his thumb like big sister. He has started to bat at his toys - I think it is accidental, though. I can tell that Craft recognizes faces and voices, especially mine, Dan's and Lilly's. He will follow his big sister with his eyes wherever she goes! He seems to enjoy watching her. He also seems to enjoy watching himself in mirrors. Craft still likes to chew on his tongue and sometimes appears to have full-on babble conversations, which are the second cutest only to the giggles.
Likes: bath. sleeping. eating. piano mat. bouncy seat. being outside. bumbo. Lilly. Layla. Daddy. ceiling fans. drooling. sucking on fist/fingers/thumb. paci. chewing on his tongue. babbling/cooing. giggling. kicking legs. singing.
Dislikes: No changes here: being cold and being tired are the biggest two. Craft also does not always love the car seat, which can be tricky with all of the traveling we do!
What I'm Thankful For: Play dates with the bestie. I am not sure why we didn't implement a weekly date starting at the beginning of my leave, but I'm glad we've had one for the past two weeks and look forward to our weekly play dates. Today was truly wonderful and I was so happy all day as a result. The girls have SO MUCH FUN together, the boys sleep, and Steph and I get to catch up. AND she doesn't care if we all show up in our pajamas and vice versa.
On a personal note, I'm also thankful for the end of my Mom's chemo and good results from her appointments after the fact. She still has surgery and radiation to get through, so she's not quite done, but we're almost there and I'm so proud of her and so thankful!
What I'm Looking Forward To: A fun weekend with family this weekend - photos to come, I'm sure!
Next Pediatrician Appointment: Craft's 4-month appointment is on June 6 (my first week back at work, eek!).
I shall leave you with a few random photos in addition to a few bajillion from Craft's 3-month shoot this morning. I can't get enough of his little Michelin-man-physique and all of his expressions. I know he's mine but I swear I could eat him up!
Stay tuned, lots of exciting stuff coming up!
Sarah
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