I can’t wait until the 4 months mark because Logan has changed so much in the last 2 weeks. I know I said that about the 3 month mark, but he seems to just be growing and changing constantly now.
Sleeping: We are still working on Logan’s schedule but he seems to be working toward a more baby-like schedule versus infant-schedule. He only eats once at night and usually sleeps from about 8:30 to 2 and then 2:30 to 8. He is still really struggling with naps but according to the sleep books their night time sleep “organizes” first, then morning nap, then afternoon then evening. He is still a hot mess in the evening and seems to want to be awake from about 5-7ish, but can’t seem to fall asleep until 8:30 or 9. Makes for some rough evenings. However, I love the 1 night-waking and he gets a lot more sleep this way.
Eating: He is fully off the nipple shield and eating fast and furious. He eats in 5-15 minutes generally and seems full. He is gaining weight like crazy and has really filled out. Previously all his outfits were really baggy in the torso and barely long enough and now he still seems really long in them, but his tummy fills them out also! He is wearing 3-6 month or 6 month clothing now.
Playing: Oh my gosh, he is just full of smiles and fun now. If you put something over or in front of him now, he almost always grabs it and kicks it. He is very interactive. He can pull to sit up pretty well and can hold himself sitting up with only a little assistance (see flickr video). His head and neck control are amazing and it makes him so easy to manage and pass around now. Logan still loves his playmat but also loves sitting on my lap and doing the gestures to Itsy Bitsy Spider or dancing around. He also loves any kind of physical play where we move his arms or legs and will crack gigantic smiles. Flying baby (where he lays on our knees and we roll back and move him around) is also really popular. I also like to slow dance with him (including holding his little hand in mine) and he seems to love it and be very calmed by the movement). He is a huge music junky and is almost always happier if some sort of music is playing (whether mobile music, the music from his playmat or any modern music). He still doesn’t love regular tummy time, except that it is easier for him to chew on his hands, but he still does it sometimes and this morning he scooted around a bit. He really is interested in his hands, and seems to like that he can bring his hands to his mouth, sadly though, he is not as good at keeping them there and gets frustrated that he can’t continually suck on them. Part of the problem seems to be he wants to stick all of both hands in at the same time, so he doesn’t get a good grip on either. If he is on his tummy or being held over our shoulder, his hands stay there and he will suck and slobber away, otherwise he gets annoyed. If you put a pacifier in though, he will use the back of his hand to keep it in or push it back in, which is neat. The biggest new thing is giggles! This weekend he started giggling and we got it on video. See it on flickr.
Quiet alert time: This concept is one that we read about and see in our nephew, Andrew, but has not been Logan’s style. He is either awake and playing, asleep or crying. He has started having a little more quiet alert time and it is nice. I am hoping that as he continues to get a little older and away from some of his more colicky tendencies, that he will do this more and more. Good hard playing is nice, but he gets tired and needs to have different modes if he is ever going to learn to be awake for more than 45 minutes and not cry.
Recognition: He definitely knows his mommy, daddy, and Julia now and it is fun to see how excited he is to see us. It is fun to come around a corner and have him look up at me and smile. He clearly likes me and enjoys my presence. After months of hard relatively-thankless (and worse, smile-less) work, it is nice to see he appreciates what we are doing!
I can’t even imagine what the 4 month post will say, but I guess he may weight upwards of 15 or 16 pounds and I hope he has learned to suck on his hand without it falling out! I also hope that his naps have improved some and that he doesn’t seem as tired when he is awake and I hope he giggles more and more.
Flickr address reminder: http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesandkatie/
Monday, April 15, 2013
Busy last 3 weeks
My gosh am I behind on blogging, here is the last three weekends:
Easter weekend: We had a really busy weekend with 3 days of outings in a row. On Saturday we went to our friend Minerva’s house for her first annual Easter egg hunt. She has twin 6 year olds (girl and boy) and our friends Richard and Meghan and their two kids went as well. Logan didn’t find too many eggs, but was handicapped by a diaper change and a sunny day (he is a vampire and hates the sun), oh and being a baby. We had a good time though and he did surprisingly well falling asleep on Meghan and then staying asleep when transferred to me even though I was sitting still (as Tara described, he is kinda a movement junkie). He was a little off that night but fell back in his routine okay.
Sunday we went to our friend Chris and Mo’s house for their Easter party. It was the first time he and Ella (born 10 days after him) were together. Logan was super crabby at first but fell asleep in the front pack and stayed asleep for 2.5 hours despite the noise. It was amazing. I got pretty tired though because he doesn’t tolerate someone sitting in the front pack and I keep thinking he would wake up any second. If I had known it was gonna be that long I would have had Charles wear him. It was nice to see Michael and Cam (Ella’s parents) and visit. With two young babies in our social group now, it certainly makes it so we aren’t alone. We occupied the comfy couches inside, which worked well. Logan was quite crabby Sunday night and we had a lot more trouble than usual getting him to sleep despite 5-7 really good days before that.
Monday was really special. Logan had a lot of firsts. First trip to Mimi and Papa’s house and first time meeting Auntie Tara, Uncle Kevin, and cousins Andrew and Luke. Logan was really tired when they first got there and greeted them quickly and then fell asleep on me. We brought the swing with us so he had a little snooze in there while we all had lunch. Logan got to do his first Easter basket hunt, a family tradition of ours. My mom did picture clues instead of words, which worked great for Luke and I am looking forward to Logan picking it up in the next year or two. After some chocolate pie in the afternoon, all the kids played together. Logan and Andrew (5 months older) were fascinated by each other. Andrew (having more control over his body parts) was reaching out and holding Logan’s hand, which was super super cute. I hope to get some of the pictures from my mom and put them on flickr soon. It was fun to see them all together.
After that, we all came down with a small stomach bug (no puking thank god) and so Logan has been a little grumpier than usual. Add that to him being epically off schedule and it has been for a rough week. Last night had some glimmers of improvement but today’s another grouchy day. Hopefully it will turn around soon.
Next weekend: It was a lot less eventful than the Easter weekend but we had the exciting event of his future friend, Ella, getting baptized. She is the daughter of our friends Michael and Cam. Charles has the honor of being Ella’s godfather and it was really special for us to be there to celebrate her! Logan snoozed through Mass (on mommy or daddy as they moved around, of course because he is a movement junkie) and especially liked the singing and hated the twice people clapped. We then went for a lunch at Ella’s house and he ate, played and slept again. We left when he started getting a bit crabby, but overall he did really well. The next day he started coming down with a slight cold, but he was fine. Made for a more difficult week though.
This weekend: No crazy outings or plans this weekend. He had a bit of a rough week in terms of his daytime activities, so we did a total 180 and I let Charles choose the schedule. It involved more soothing time between play and sleep (something that I hadn’t thought of) and much shorter naps because Logan won’t sleep very long on his own. He had a really good day but not a lot of sleep and Sunday was totally dreadful. I think Charles was totally right that we need more soothing in between time. It has also changed things that Logan seems to be teething (or something) because he is suddenly obsessed with chewing and sucking all the time. This can be difficult if he doesn’t have something to chew on but means there is generally something that will calm him down if he is upset. After a pretty rotten day Sunday, today (Monday) has been much better with him staying in his crib for the two morning naps about 1 hr 30 min each time. I think there is still going to be a lot of back and forth but I am seeing some hope for daytime sleeping and him sleeping on his own.
Easter weekend: We had a really busy weekend with 3 days of outings in a row. On Saturday we went to our friend Minerva’s house for her first annual Easter egg hunt. She has twin 6 year olds (girl and boy) and our friends Richard and Meghan and their two kids went as well. Logan didn’t find too many eggs, but was handicapped by a diaper change and a sunny day (he is a vampire and hates the sun), oh and being a baby. We had a good time though and he did surprisingly well falling asleep on Meghan and then staying asleep when transferred to me even though I was sitting still (as Tara described, he is kinda a movement junkie). He was a little off that night but fell back in his routine okay.
Sunday we went to our friend Chris and Mo’s house for their Easter party. It was the first time he and Ella (born 10 days after him) were together. Logan was super crabby at first but fell asleep in the front pack and stayed asleep for 2.5 hours despite the noise. It was amazing. I got pretty tired though because he doesn’t tolerate someone sitting in the front pack and I keep thinking he would wake up any second. If I had known it was gonna be that long I would have had Charles wear him. It was nice to see Michael and Cam (Ella’s parents) and visit. With two young babies in our social group now, it certainly makes it so we aren’t alone. We occupied the comfy couches inside, which worked well. Logan was quite crabby Sunday night and we had a lot more trouble than usual getting him to sleep despite 5-7 really good days before that.
Monday was really special. Logan had a lot of firsts. First trip to Mimi and Papa’s house and first time meeting Auntie Tara, Uncle Kevin, and cousins Andrew and Luke. Logan was really tired when they first got there and greeted them quickly and then fell asleep on me. We brought the swing with us so he had a little snooze in there while we all had lunch. Logan got to do his first Easter basket hunt, a family tradition of ours. My mom did picture clues instead of words, which worked great for Luke and I am looking forward to Logan picking it up in the next year or two. After some chocolate pie in the afternoon, all the kids played together. Logan and Andrew (5 months older) were fascinated by each other. Andrew (having more control over his body parts) was reaching out and holding Logan’s hand, which was super super cute. I hope to get some of the pictures from my mom and put them on flickr soon. It was fun to see them all together.
After that, we all came down with a small stomach bug (no puking thank god) and so Logan has been a little grumpier than usual. Add that to him being epically off schedule and it has been for a rough week. Last night had some glimmers of improvement but today’s another grouchy day. Hopefully it will turn around soon.
Next weekend: It was a lot less eventful than the Easter weekend but we had the exciting event of his future friend, Ella, getting baptized. She is the daughter of our friends Michael and Cam. Charles has the honor of being Ella’s godfather and it was really special for us to be there to celebrate her! Logan snoozed through Mass (on mommy or daddy as they moved around, of course because he is a movement junkie) and especially liked the singing and hated the twice people clapped. We then went for a lunch at Ella’s house and he ate, played and slept again. We left when he started getting a bit crabby, but overall he did really well. The next day he started coming down with a slight cold, but he was fine. Made for a more difficult week though.
After the baptism at Ella's house (He is wearing the cutest button up shirt,
but this is the only pic we got)
Happy 3 months!
(writing this over the last 2 weeks but only including 3 month developments)
Wow, my little baby is 3 months old. I can’t believe it. It is such a joy to sit back and think about all the things he can do now that he couldn’t do 3 months ago (or even 1 month ago). It has been such an incredible month of growth (physical, mental and social). Nothing is better than him gazing in my eyes and cracking a giant smile!
I can look back and I remember where he was at his one month and two month dr appointments in terms of his size and development. What is crazy is that almost all of his changes have come in the last month. When we left his 2 month appointment, he was not making a lot of eye contact and would only occasionally even look at specific object, much less track them. He rarely made many noises and would mostly just lay there on the play mat with his head to one side and wouldn’t reach for or hold on to objects.
Fast forward to today and he is a flurry of activity. He can mostly hold his head up without support (though does better on mom, dad, and Julia than on others because he wants to push back and look at the person and can’t support head tilted back that far). He has the best control pushing head back and is working on pushing forward but is getting better and better every day. He loves to look around and see the world around him. His favorite toy is the activity mat where he repeatedly bats at the parrot or grasps the parrot’s feathers or ring. He also loves sitting his bouncer and batting at the dragonfly with two discs (we call them oreos) hanging down. He sees and hears well and likes to look around and the world around him and see what is going on, but he also just likes staring and his mommy and daddy as well. He coos and oos and smiles for us more and more.
His favorite things this month are his playmat and getting diaper changes. He also started to really enjoy baths this month and has found that kicking the water is pretty fun! He loves being sung too and mommy and daddy are quickly singing every song we can remember the lyrics too. He heard a lot of “Sound of Music” from mom and “Edelweiss” from daddy and “I’ve been working the railroad” from Julia.
We love our little boy!
Wow, my little baby is 3 months old. I can’t believe it. It is such a joy to sit back and think about all the things he can do now that he couldn’t do 3 months ago (or even 1 month ago). It has been such an incredible month of growth (physical, mental and social). Nothing is better than him gazing in my eyes and cracking a giant smile!
I can look back and I remember where he was at his one month and two month dr appointments in terms of his size and development. What is crazy is that almost all of his changes have come in the last month. When we left his 2 month appointment, he was not making a lot of eye contact and would only occasionally even look at specific object, much less track them. He rarely made many noises and would mostly just lay there on the play mat with his head to one side and wouldn’t reach for or hold on to objects.
Fast forward to today and he is a flurry of activity. He can mostly hold his head up without support (though does better on mom, dad, and Julia than on others because he wants to push back and look at the person and can’t support head tilted back that far). He has the best control pushing head back and is working on pushing forward but is getting better and better every day. He loves to look around and see the world around him. His favorite toy is the activity mat where he repeatedly bats at the parrot or grasps the parrot’s feathers or ring. He also loves sitting his bouncer and batting at the dragonfly with two discs (we call them oreos) hanging down. He sees and hears well and likes to look around and the world around him and see what is going on, but he also just likes staring and his mommy and daddy as well. He coos and oos and smiles for us more and more.
His favorite things this month are his playmat and getting diaper changes. He also started to really enjoy baths this month and has found that kicking the water is pretty fun! He loves being sung too and mommy and daddy are quickly singing every song we can remember the lyrics too. He heard a lot of “Sound of Music” from mom and “Edelweiss” from daddy and “I’ve been working the railroad” from Julia.
We love our little boy!
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