Lucas turned four months old over the weekend. For the first time I
really, truly believe it, and am excited about the growth that has
happened instead of sad that he is not my soft little squish anymore. I
cannot imagine my life without this little guy in it, smiling at me
every single day.
There have been SO MANY CHANGES this past month. I really feel that in
these past few weeks, he has gone from a little tiny baby to a little
tiny human. His personality is bigger than ever and his progress
continues to amaze me. His laugh is getting bigger and louder, and he
will often spend quite a bit of time doing nothing but laughing and
talking to himself. In fact, I had the pleasure of listening to him
squeal and giggle at nothing for 30 minutes this morning. It would have
been even more adorable if it hadn't been 3:30 A.M. but it was cute
nonetheless.
We still struggle with tummy time -- it continues to be one of his least
favorite things to do. But where he lacks in that, he is excelling in
so many other things. He is so strong and can often push himself up from
sitting with some support from mommy & daddy. He isn't quite
rolling over yet, but I blame that from the kick-stand that is his arm.
If he would ever take his hands out of his mouth, he may be able to get
over just a tad farther. But we are working on it, and it will happen in
due time!
Lucas is so curious all the time. Within the last week even, he has
started to reach for objects. He is fascinated by what his hands can do
and will explore whatever he can get his little fingers on, whether
that's any of his soft plush animals or mamma's lips. Of course, as soon
as he gets his hands on it, it's straight to his mouth. He tries so
hard and you can see the determination in his face when he tries to
master something new. I think he takes after mom on that one!
We also took a huge leap and moved from the bassinet to the crib this
past month. This one was not quite my doing as much as it was pressure
[but not really] from M. I don't know why I felt the need to keep him in
the bedroom with us for longer, other than for completely selfish
reasons. His nursery is right next to our bedroom so even having him in
the crib doesn't mean a much farther walk. But it meant he was getting
bigger, and you better believe that as soon as I put him to bed that
first night, I may or may not have burst into tears. He, of course,
slept most of the night with zero problems.
Since then, we have started the unswaddling process, and are currently
dealing with one arm out. The first couple of nights went off without a
hitch, but the past two have been a little more difficult. I am hoping
that this is a quick phase and we can get him unswaddled before he
starts rolling over. Again, swaddling him this long was mostly selfish
[it REALLY helps him sleep longer stretches at night] but he also enjoys
it. The big goofy grin that shows up when I start rolling him like a
burrito does not lie!
We did also venture into rice cereal this past week. Little guy is
eating a ton, but whether we give him four ounces or six ounces, he
still wants to eat every two hours. Which gets old, really fast. We have
tried spoon feeding him a very runny version of rice cereal, but the
two times we have done that, he wasn't quite that interested. I'm not in
any rush to start spoon feeding him, since he JUST turned four months
old, so we will likely wait a long while before we try that again.
Besides, all he wanted to do, of course, was put the bib in his mouth.
However, on the advice of our pediatrician, we are doing a formula/rice
cereal mixture in his bottles. Hopefully we can find a mixture that
works well for him and helps spread out his feedings to three or four
hours apart. I definitely know my amazing nanny/sitter would appreciate
it!!
This weekend we ventured off to Florida for a much needed looooooong weekend
away & a mini-family vacation. But that's a blog post all on it's own & I am working on writing that one up!
I am
continually amazed by what a beautiful, wonderful blessing we have with
Lucas. He is the perfect baby and every day I am in awe of how much he
changes. I love this kid a little more every day, and every day I shock
myself with how much love there is for him. Life is a surprising,
exhausting and exciting roller coaster.
But life is so good because of it.
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