20 weeks

Oh yes, my little boy is now 20 weeks old. A week and a half away from being 5 months old. Wowza!

No new milestones to report - unless finally fitting his toes into his mouth counts. He actually seems to have stopped rolling over. I think this is because he is now preoccupied with his feet again.

Oh, scratch that. He has slept through the night 3 out of the last 4 nights! I am glad that this new thing is coinciding with starting cereal again - because I worry that nursing 5 times a day isn't enough! He does seem to be moving towards a 4 hour schedule as well - which means only nursing 4 times a day!

On the sleep training front -- we are having difficulties with nap time. I decided to take Monday and Tuesday (today) as days to stay home and revisit the CIO for naptime. It has been a rough couple of days - he is screaming again when I put him down. I will update later this week how this all goes. It feels like we're starting over.

On the rice cereal front, we tried again yesterday and got this face for most of it:

And then tried again today, and by the end, I couldn't shovel it in his mouth fast enough - he was loving it!! I am so glad. Some people have mentioned it has a nasty taste -- but I tried it and it wasn't so bad!

Ok - that's all the updates for now!

19 weeks (and 1 day -- I had forgotten the day before!)

20 weeks

Overdue Update...

So it's been a week or so since our last update!

Henry Details:

~ Henry is so close to sitting up all by himself already! We barely have to support him - he has strong core muscles!

~ Henry now rolls from his back to his tummy, and does this more and more everyday. In fact - today I've found it frustrating because I usually lay him on his little gym while I'm running around getting stuff done, but now he keeps rolling to his tummy and then crying because he's uncomfortable there! But as soon as I roll him on his back - it's back to the stomach!

~ We gave rice cereal a go about a week ago. He opened his mouth for the spoon, but then just pushed it all back out. We're gonna give it another week or so and try again.

~ I am so proud of how he's doing being around different groups of people. Easter was great - he only had a few fuss moments, but overall he was the life of the party!

Sleep Training

Well, it's been an interesting week in this aspect. We had such a beautiful schedule down, and of course, now it's gone. Last Wednesday he cried through his whole morning nap - out of no where! Same thing Thursday. Then we've been gone and busy all weekend so nothing was done there.

Just based on today - I'm thinking he's extended his waketime by about 15 minutes. I also think because we've been on the go - he's not used to being put down in his crib. He's become accustomed to the car seat and swinging motions. So it's back to CIO we go!

I think that's about it for now! Enjoy these pics!

Before trying the cereal ... he was a happy duck!

Chillin' in the saucer!