6 Month Update!

Height/Weight: 18 pounds, 1.5 ounces. 26 3/4 inches long

Milestones: He is sitting up pretty well, can blow raspberries, stick both feet in his mouth and stand when holding onto our hands! Also, he started going to daycare a couple weeks ago, for about 4 hours a day, 3 days a week. He loves his teachers and his new friends, and loves to play and laugh while he's there!

Eating: Still breastfeeding a few times a day, bottles of formula for a couple each day. He has eaten rice cereal, sweet potatoes, apples, peas, pears, and carrots. He just starting eating twice a day and loves everything so far! Next week we'll start on meat!

Sleeping: For over a week now, he has been going to bed on his own (only cried for the first night!) about 7:30 and staying asleep until about 4 in the morning! Then he eats and goes back to sleep for 2-3 hours. We are SO happy that we are better rested!

Silliest Moment: Probably learning to blow raspberries. Sometimes he does it for minutes at a time, and has us in stitches!

Newly Emerging Attributes: He is starting to act a little shy when he meets new people close-up, by burying his head in our necks and turning away. He smiles the whole time, though!

Looking Forward To: His visit from his Grandpa & Grandma Falke (they'll get in later tonight), our upcoming trip to Colorado in July for his Aunt Zhavanya & Uncle Zach's wedding, and continuing to teach baby sign language!

How Old: 5 months, 4 days

Height/Weight: probably 16 pounds?

Milestones: He has become quite good at sitting up without wobbling too much! And he had his first plane flight over Easter Weekend

Eating: Alone with rice cereal once a day, he just started eating sweet potatoes, which he loves! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be trying a new food every week!

Sleeping: He had a little setback because of being on vacation probably, so no more 7+-hr stretches, but he is getting in 4 at a time, AND is doing that in his big-boy crib, which is a new experience for him. Mom and Dad finally have our bed back!

Silliest Moment: Probably when he’s eating, because we let him get as messy as he wants to. Also, coming back home to Oregon on the plane flight, he laughed and squealed for the last ten minutes and had everyone in stitches! And he loves laughing at Cheddar.

Newly Emerging Attributes: he has developed a little ‘shy’ thing when we approach someone new. He’ll smile and then bury his face into the person holding him. Cute.

Looking forward to: When he can fully sit up on his own and play with toys. Right now he does the dreaded head-bonk on the floor if we’re not watching him close!

4 MONTHS UPDATE!

HOW OLD: 4 months
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 14 lbs 10 oz, and 25 1/2 inches long
MILESTONES: full control over his head/neck, stuffing things into his mouth, chewing on his fingers
EATING: still doing mostly breastmilk, and just now started doing one meal a day of rice cereal! Loves it!
SLEEPING: he is a total champ - sleeps about 8 hours at night, gets up to eat about 5am, then back to bed for a couple more hours! His daytime naps are getting more sporadic, but he averages 3-4 of them, at 15-60 minutes each. He does the best when he is swaddled, still.
SILLIEST MOMENT: when he starts squeal-laughing to get our attention. Oh, and the first time he had cereal and he was basically wearing it, with a huge smile!
NEWLY EMERGING ATTRIBUTES: he is getting SO social, and even trying to 'talk' with Cheddar!
LOOKING FORWARD TO; him being able to sit up unsupported, so he can grab at toys nearby. Also, when he can really jump in his doorway jumper, which we're sure he'll just love!
Time is going way too fast...........- mama T

Big boy!

Almost 4 months old! I am such a big boy! I sleep almost 8 hours in a row a night, and often sleep in until almost nine. Must be growing big, fast, and strong! I like to grab stuff and put it in my mouth. My favorites are my fingers and burp rags. I also like to go for walks with Mommy, Daddy, and Cheddar. Usually I am in my baby bjorn front carrier looking out at the world. My Auntie and Uncle moved into a house down the street a couple of weeks ago. I like to go over to their house and hang out. Well, time for me to take a nap! Love, Finn

3 MONTHS UPDATE

Wow, it’s been 3 months already?! We feel like he is barely an infant anymore! So here is an idea I saw, on another mommies blog, about posting his ‘stats’ at every month milestone:

How Old: 3 months (tomorrow!)
Height/Weight: around 13 pounds, but we’ll find out for sure in another month when he goes to the pediatrician
Eating: He is still on breastmilk (and occasional formula) exclusively. He eats about every 3 hours during the day, a total of about 6-7 times in a total day
Sleeping: Here’s the great part!.... in the last month, he went from sleeping 6 hours straight at night, to nearly 8 hours!!! In the last week, he’s done about 4 nights of 7 ½ hr stretches, non-stop, then he eats about 5:30 in the morning and goes back to sleep for a couple hours. We are SO happy and feel so fortunate!!
Silliest Moment: in the last couple weeks, he has been giggling at us, which just melts our hearts. Another silly moment was a couple days ago when he pooped just like a toothpaste tube, all over my hand when I had his diaper off – nothing to do but laugh!
Newly Emerging Attributes: He makes silly faces like mommy, which we’ve been able to capture some of on the camera. He is very strong and ‘twitchy’ like his daddy, when he’s falling asleep! He is starting to look at and trying to communicate with Cheddar, and enjoys sitting on him and petting his ears.
Looking Forward To: when he can fully sit up on his own (soon!) and grab at toys. He is such a good boy, and hardly cries at all, so there isn’t any fussiness to look forward to going away!

If you have any additional updates that you’d like to see – let us know! And I’ll get another video up soon! don't forget to check his flickr pics - I love to put his new ones up!
-mama T

cha,cha,cha,cha-changes

I looked down today and realized I have an actual little boy in my arms, not just a tiny baby! He still has his famous-curled-up-on-the-left-side elvis lip, like we started seeing at just a few days old, but now he is laughing at us, grabbing for our faces, cooing and gurgling, and showing us his emerging personality. Which, so far, seems to be pretty mellow and joyous! He is pretty happy just propped up sittin on the couch, or in his swing, or on my hip, or on the floor with his toys. Right now I'm watching him being mesmerized by his daddy's guitar-playing. He also likes it when mama holds him on her knee while she plays the piano and sings to him.
I think we're pretty lucky - not just to be parents in general, but to be Finn's parents. He is such a happy boy. Here in a week or so, I'll share his 3-month milestone stats with you all!
- mama T

2 1/2 months old

I promise, I will try to get better at having one of us update this blog - geez there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day for everything! Watching and documenting this kids development is a full-time job in itself! Just recently, he's discovered the wonders of his hands, and sucks on them voraciously when he's hungry. He definitely smiles a lot at daddy and I, and makes silly noises at us. Just in the last week or so, he's been intentionally reaching out to grab toys that are in front of him, and seems to favor his left hand. This last week, he has given us about 4 nights of 6-hr blocks of sleep, so we're hoping that's a regular trend! He is such a good baby - hardly any fussing, and loves to go out shopping and to restaurants. We are blessed and amazed, every day.
- Mama T