Cousin Fun

The past few days my sister has been in town with her husband and two boys. Obviously David is still a little small to really play with his cousins yet but it was still fun to see my sister and her little family. At first Mathew was pretty excited to meet David and exclaimed "Baby! Baby!" as soon as he saw him. He got a little nervous though when he saw Grandma holding David, and he REALLY didn't like seeing his mom with another baby in her arms.

My mom wanted an updated family photo with David in it so we put the boys in their Easter sweaters and headed to the portrait studio. Getting all 3 boys to cooperate was no easy feat! David was relatively good-natured having just napped and been fed, but getting a toddler and a preschooler to want to sit still and smile isn't easy. Brian soon tired of holding David and tried shoving him off his lap (luckily I was there to intervene) and Michelle had to hold Matthew's legs down to keep him from bolting. In the end we got some nice pictures though.

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a great Easter. David must have been really excited for the Easter Bunny to come considering that he was up every couple hours in anticipation. What actually happened was that I went to the store for some last-minute shopping and when I got home it was around bedtime so we fed him and put him to bed. I hadn't realized he'd been napping most of the time I'd been gone (I usually make sure he's been awake at least a couple hours before bedtime).
Anyway, between his two grandmas and the Easter Bunny David managed to clean up this Easter. He loves all the toys he got but his favorite is probably the jumperoo we found off of craigslist. He thinks he's pretty hot stuff bouncing around and making the lights and music play. Sorry that the pictures are kind of poor quality. I was all set to get some really cute photos of David in his cute little sweater I got him but of course he started screaming as soon as I pulled out the camera and then spit up all over everything before I could get pictures.

We've Got a 4 Month Cutie!

Four Months

Three Months

Two Months

David's 4 month check-up yesterday went well. I was told his height is above the hundreth percentile but since that's not really possible we'll say 99.9th and his weight is in the 90th. That's not surprising considering how fast he's outgrowing his clothes (he's already wearing 9 month sizes). Developmentally he's doing great as well. He still loves to coo and gurgle and this month he's figured out how to laugh and make different sounds. Ocasionally he'll try to imitate sounds that we make. His reaching and grabbing are better too and he's much more alert and interested in the world around him. Because he's growing so fast the doctor recommended we start solids every night to supplement what he gets from nursing. The picture below is his first experience with rice cereal (Sorry about the not so flattering view of me. I really am losing weight but this photo doesn't exactly show that). It was messy but he did well and ate more than I expected for his first time.

Books Schmooks

(playing in front of the mirror is one of David's favorite activities now)

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I don't really have a good excuse other than I've been somewhat of a slacker lately. I'm now a mostly stay-at-home mom because the ladies in my office had a harder time with David than they anticipated. I guess they've been able to make it work with some babies in the past but David seems to demand more attention than a lot of babies (I could have told them that). He wants to be held CONSTANTLY, and just holding him's not enough. If he doesn't have my undivided attention he lets me know who's boss (as if that were in question). He even insists I hold him during naptime and if I try to put him down he'll wake right up. Or if I do happen to get him to fall asleep on his own he's awake within 20 minutes or so.

When I was pregnant I started boning up on parenting books and sleep guides so that I would be prepared. I even recommended Dr Ferber's book to a mom who had difficulties getting her son to nap. HaHa!!! Following his methods I get David to sleep after about 20 minutes of screaming. He'll sleep for about 15 minutes and then resume screaming for the duration of the nap. Has anyone else had this problem?