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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Sleep to Dream
Well...Finley never repeated that 5 hour first sleep block at night! Boo! He's fairly consistent with about 3 or 3.5 hrs when he first goes down. After that, it's 2 or 2.5 and repeats until it's time to get up. This means that I either get up 2 or 3 times during the night to feed the little guy. The biggest improvement is that I now bring him into bed anytime after 6am if he wakes up and usually we can then sleep until after 8am, which is awesome! We hope he gets to the point where he doesn't need to eat so often at night, but for now it is what it is. He usually goes down easily and never has a problem falling back asleep after eating throughout the night, so that's plenty to be happy with for now. Oh, and this weekend he slept in his own room for the very first time! We put his bassinet set up (complete with heating pad before sleeping and sleep sheep for white noise) into his crib. He slept great and while we did use the baby monitor (despite sharing a wall with his room and having our doors all open), I only made Dan check on him a couple times each night! Maybe in a week, we'll lay him in his crib out of the bassinet...maybe...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
2 Month Check Up
So he rolled from his front to his back at the doctor's office and then he did it twice more the following morning...but nothing since. We have tried and tried...perhaps the video camera is making him shy! One night he was SO close and perhaps we'll post that video of the near attempt once we get a full roll on tape :)
Also, Finley was well recovered from his shots by the next morning and has been happy ever since!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Finley Facts
We know a lot more about F-squared now that he's 10 weeks old. Some of his preferences from a month ago are still true, but here are some new facts:
1. Finley adores being on his changing table, as long as you don't try to put his arms in or out of his sleeves...we long for those summer tank tops!
2. He still loves being bounced on the exercise ball, Dan has even found a position where Finley is actually sitting on the ball himself while Dan sits and holds him.
3. He naps wonderfully in his swing (thank you, Aunt Ellie and Uncle Donny) and almost always falls asleep when I put him in "his pouch" (the great front carrier from Aunt Caitlin).
4. He has two toys that we think he really "likes." One is an elephant rattle and the other is a butterfly he got from his Grandma down in VA. Both keep his attention well and are our "go-to" objects when he's having a hard time.
5. Black and white are his two favorite colors (babies loves high contrast and can't see other colors yet). Finley and I went to the New England Mobil Bookfair today and got him a new black and white board book called Look at the Animals! and he spent quite a while with it today. While it seriously lacks in plot (Snails crawl, whales spout, etc.), the illustrations are baby captivating!
6. Tummy time is becoming more and more fun for Finley and he can hold us his own head quite impressively! He also likes "standing" while we hold him under his armpits, in fact, he likes it so much I can do the Hokey Pokey with him from start to finish most mornings!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Playing Dress Up
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Project Runway: Baby Challenge
I still LOVE getting Finley dressed up. I have HAD to buy him some additional clothes lately since he moved into the 0-3 month size and our piles of hand-me-downs don't really kick in until 3-6. It can be hard to resist the super cute stuff with ears, monkeys, furry appliques, etc. However, now that we know he won't wear things too long (babies grow really fast apparently) it is getting easier to buy just one or two items at a time. But if any of you out there just can't resist purchasing something outrageously adorable, I'm happy to send you Finley's mailing address! Oh and Dan's even getting in on the dress up fun, he selected a old school looking Superman shirt from Old Navy this weekend that Finley can wear this spring :)
And yes, Project Runway is back on Thursday nights at 10pm on Lifetime for the new season--so tune in just in case they do a baby wear challenge!
OK, you've read enough, here are some fun pictures from the past week!
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