This pwesent is bigger than meeee!
Ya I'm cute...so what
Oops... I made a bubble. :)
Playin with my toys Yay!Thursday, January 22, 2009
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This pwesent is bigger than meeee!Ya I'm cute...so whatOops... I made a bubble. :)Playin with my toys Yay!
So many milestones! (mama's first post)
Hi all!
Sorry to say I don't have any new photos to show off, but I do have lots of exciting news about our little one! Since Sebastian turned three months old, he has been changing SO quickly. I can hardly keep up with all of his new developments, so wanted to share them with y'all before I forget (and you know I will -- love that mommy brain!).
On January 15th, he rolled over for the first time! He was on his tummy and apparently decided he'd had enough, because in one swift movement he was on his side and then his back. He looked at me in bewilderment, as if wondering what in the world had just happened, and I burst into such excited laughter that I think I scared him! He has repeated the feat a few times since then, but has yet to actually enjoy it. He still gets that wide-eyed surprised look on his face every time. Pretty cute!
Also earlier this month, he learned how to reach for, grab, hold, and manipulate his toys. He seemed to master these skills very quickly, going from simply watching me dangle them above him to grabbing, shaking and "eating" them in about two days! Watching his hand-eye coordination develop so quickly has been truly amazing -- and it continues today. Tonight he held his own bottle (his sleepy time "milkshake" -- expressed milk with a little rice :) all by himself for about 30 seconds! Pretty remarkable for three months old -- but I might be a little biased. ;)
At around the same time, he also discovered his fingers, and loves to suck on them. Sometimes it's just the first two, sometimes a whole fist, but his favorite configuration seems to be middle two fingers in his mouth, with index and pinky resting on either side. It's SO cute -- I need to snap a picture of this for sure. :)
Perhaps because of his new self-soothing skills, Sebastian has also been sleeping much more soundly and consistently at night. For the past 10 nights or so, he's been waking just once or twice to eat and going back to sleep very quickly. This may not be the 10 continuous hours we're waiting and hoping for; but it's a huge improvement over the waking-every-three-hours routine he was pulling before, so we're very thankful!!
And just this week, he's started staying awake for much longer periods during the day without getting cranky, and he's finally dropped his fourth nap. (Yes, he was actually taking four naps a day for the longest time!)
While the milestones are certainly fun, however, nothing compares to the joy of getting to know my son as the tiny, budding person that he is. He's definitely a happy little "mama's boy," smiling and flirting with me all the time -- especially when we talk back and forth in his unique little baby language. :) He's usually fairly amenable, but will let me know in no uncertain terms if something is not to his liking! Unfortunately, being held by other people seems to be one of these dislikes... yes, he is definitely a mama's boy. But he also enjoys playing by himself and will focus on his activity -- whatever it is -- for a surprising length of time before wanting to move on to something else. He loves being around lots of action, looking around in wide-eyed wonderment, but also seems to get overtired easily when we're out and about. I guess it's hard work being a little baby, trying to process and make sense of this great big world. :)
Well, that's all for now. Photos and videos to follow soon!
Heather
Sorry to say I don't have any new photos to show off, but I do have lots of exciting news about our little one! Since Sebastian turned three months old, he has been changing SO quickly. I can hardly keep up with all of his new developments, so wanted to share them with y'all before I forget (and you know I will -- love that mommy brain!).
On January 15th, he rolled over for the first time! He was on his tummy and apparently decided he'd had enough, because in one swift movement he was on his side and then his back. He looked at me in bewilderment, as if wondering what in the world had just happened, and I burst into such excited laughter that I think I scared him! He has repeated the feat a few times since then, but has yet to actually enjoy it. He still gets that wide-eyed surprised look on his face every time. Pretty cute!
Also earlier this month, he learned how to reach for, grab, hold, and manipulate his toys. He seemed to master these skills very quickly, going from simply watching me dangle them above him to grabbing, shaking and "eating" them in about two days! Watching his hand-eye coordination develop so quickly has been truly amazing -- and it continues today. Tonight he held his own bottle (his sleepy time "milkshake" -- expressed milk with a little rice :) all by himself for about 30 seconds! Pretty remarkable for three months old -- but I might be a little biased. ;)
At around the same time, he also discovered his fingers, and loves to suck on them. Sometimes it's just the first two, sometimes a whole fist, but his favorite configuration seems to be middle two fingers in his mouth, with index and pinky resting on either side. It's SO cute -- I need to snap a picture of this for sure. :)
Perhaps because of his new self-soothing skills, Sebastian has also been sleeping much more soundly and consistently at night. For the past 10 nights or so, he's been waking just once or twice to eat and going back to sleep very quickly. This may not be the 10 continuous hours we're waiting and hoping for; but it's a huge improvement over the waking-every-three-hours routine he was pulling before, so we're very thankful!!
And just this week, he's started staying awake for much longer periods during the day without getting cranky, and he's finally dropped his fourth nap. (Yes, he was actually taking four naps a day for the longest time!)
While the milestones are certainly fun, however, nothing compares to the joy of getting to know my son as the tiny, budding person that he is. He's definitely a happy little "mama's boy," smiling and flirting with me all the time -- especially when we talk back and forth in his unique little baby language. :) He's usually fairly amenable, but will let me know in no uncertain terms if something is not to his liking! Unfortunately, being held by other people seems to be one of these dislikes... yes, he is definitely a mama's boy. But he also enjoys playing by himself and will focus on his activity -- whatever it is -- for a surprising length of time before wanting to move on to something else. He loves being around lots of action, looking around in wide-eyed wonderment, but also seems to get overtired easily when we're out and about. I guess it's hard work being a little baby, trying to process and make sense of this great big world. :)
Well, that's all for now. Photos and videos to follow soon!
Heather
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