We are learning more and more about our boy every day and his unique and individual personality. He is a sensitive baby. As he grows and becomes more aware of his surroundings and wakes up more and more each day, he is becoming sensitive to atmosphere. He has always been sensitive to position. When being held if he decides the position you have him is no longer working, he yelps a few times to let you know it’s time to try something new. Often times he just wants to be put down into his bouncy seat, breaking the heart of whoever wants to hold him. Now we are starting to see he is also cautious of new places. Most places we have been since Andrew has started ‘waking up’ we have been many times before, Grandmas’ homes, friends’ homes, things like that, but since he can now see where he is and he seems to know it is not HIS home, he gets upset. At least the first few times we are there. He has gradually gotten used to a few of the places we visit.
I have noticed also a curiosity developing. He is starting to prefer to be held upright or sitting up instead of lying in his bouncy, unless he’s sleepy. He wants to look around more. He is holding his head up very well, though it is still quite wobbly, and he is even enjoying the exersaucer we were given as a gift from an online friend. His feet don’t quite touch the bottom but when it’s stuffed with a blanket he can hold himself up.
His limbs are not yet his own, he still startles and doesn’t have control of his arms so he can’t really play with toys. But he is enjoying looking at them and likes it when they move, make noise or light up. We’ve been able to lay him under his gym and he really sees the things hanging there. Also his mobile in his crib is being noticed. We had to go get batteries for everything finally! Lol
He gets most upset with crowds of people. We took him to my mom’s church group so everyone could see him. There were a few young kids running around making loud noises as kids do and it really seemed upsetting to Andrew. I think he wanted to see everything but was tired and hungry and couldn’t calm down enough to eat and sleep. He was quite over-stimulated.
Because of that we decided it would be best to keep him home for Thanksgiving. Originally we wanted to take him to a family get together, but due to the distance we would have had to drive him and the number of people and children to be there, we thought it best to just stay home. It would have been awful to drive him over and hour and have him wake up in a strange place with tons of strange faces and noises and then when he got upset and we had to leave (we don’t keep him places when he gets upset!), we’d have had to drive him the over an hour back home again. By Christmas hopefully he’ll be a little better equipped at handling these situations. But the family get-togethers we go to then are much closer also so if he is upset and we have to leave, we can get home quickly and meet whatever needs he has.
Andrew is such a treat to have around! He is seldom fussy. He only gets cranky when he’s tired really. Sometimes when he has gas but he is getting better at getting that out, and mommy and daddy are getting good at helping him get it out! When he’s tired he often wants to fight it so then he’ll cry. But he sleeps through the night most nights. We do have an occasional 2am night, but it’s usually due to him sleeping too much in the evening and he just wants to sit and hang out some more. There has been maybe one night in the recent weeks of him crying with gas till 2am.
I am so grateful to have Andy here to help with Andrew too! I couldn’t do it without him for sure! He won’t go to sleep if the baby is crying. He wants to help. Neither of us can usually sleep if Andrew is upset, we just want to make him comfortable and happy. And let me tell you, when he smiles at us and giggles in our faces, our hearts melt and it makes us want to do whatever we did to get him to do that over and over again!
Andrew still has most of his hair. In fact it looks like it’s all still there, but his head got bigger and no new hair has grown in! It is the softest hair in the world and he likes it when we gently rub it.
His favorite time so far seems to be bath time. He loves his face time with mommy and daddy and he gets the most of it in the tub. We are both there and all of our attention is on him. He also seems to really enjoy being in the water. Andy and I both enjoy being in water also so we’ll be a water loving family for sure. As soon as he can hold his head up a bit better, I want to take him into a shower with us too.
He is still exclusively nursing. No bottles. Andy has tried to give him a bottle of water and Andrew didn’t seem to know what to do with it. He just chewed it! But I wouldn’t mind if he took some water from a bottle on occasion too. Just in case he needs to be comforted and I am not around.
I think he is in the middle of a growth spurt right now. He has been sleeping more than last week and he eats for longer periods of time. Not more often, just longer when he is eating. I can’t even imagine how big he will be for his appointment next week!
I am not looking forward to his next appointment as much as I am because he gets his first round of shots. He did very well with them in the hospital but again, he is more aware now and if his body is feeling some new sensations he may react to it. But I am very excited to find out how long he is and how much he weighs.
Be sure to keep checking the album linked at the right! We have pictures from Thanksgiving we will put up very soon. I also plan to take some Christmas pics of him this week that will be put up there as well. Remember to let me know if there are any pics you see that you want a copy of. We can order it for you and have it shipped to you or sent somewhere you can pick up!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you all have as much to be thankful for as we do!
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