Stats:
Weight: 13 lbs, 11 oz (35%)
Length: 25.5 in (75%)
Head: 16. 5 (50%)
Eating: He's still only nursing. That is going great. He eats about every 3 hours during the day and usually once at night. The doctor said we could introduce rice cereal, but didn't recommend it for another month. I probably will soon, but I'm okay with just nursing right now. He watches anyone around him who's eating, though. He's definitely interested.
Sleeping: Since my rants on Facebook, he has improved. He typically takes 3 naps a day, each about 30 minutes to an hour. On a good day, one of those naps will be 1.5-2 hours, but that isn't a daily occurrence. He typically wakes just once a night now. When he goes down, he sleeps for about 5.5-6 hours, wakes to eat, and then sleeps again for another 3.5 to 4 and then is up for a couple hours until his first nap. The challenge I face with his sleeping, especially during the day, is catching that "sleep window" that will let him go to sleep the longest. If I miss it, I basically have to wait and try again when he gets fussy again (30 min to an hour later). He is swaddled at night and for naps sometimes. Due to the heat, I don't always swaddle him during the day, but I'll let him sleep on his belly because I'm up anyway with Mikaela. If he's extremely fussy or unsettled, then I'll swaddle him for a nap. At night, he is still swaddled.
Motor Skills:
He flips from belly to back often. That's usually how he ends up waking himself up from naps is by flipping to his back. Sometimes I wonder if he still doesn't completely know how he does it though because he will get mad when I put him on his belly on his play area. He can flip from back to side with little effort. He turns and/or scoots himself around so he's never in the same spot you laid him down when playing on the floor. (see green mat pictures below). He also loves to kick his feet.
Activities:
He still likes his activity mat best, but tolerates the swing now that we put a tray of toys on it in front of him. He enjoys the bumbo if Mikaela is running around for him to watch. He likes his bouncer to kick the toys in front of him. I've put him in his jumper center a few times but he's still a little small for it so he doesn't last long there.
He is starting to like looking at books with me and Mikaela. He has also been caught watching TV or games on the tablet.
He drools A LOT and has his hands in his mouth constantly, but no teeth. The doctor doesn't think they will come for a while, he's just a drooly baby.
And now for some pictures:
Outtakes:
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| Where he started out |
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| where he ended up |
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| first time in a park swing |
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