Updates

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. School is officially over. Yesterday was my last day. Alex is doing so much now, but I really haven't taken many pictures. My friend's blog reminded me of how much Alex is doing.

Currently he's talking to the TV...screeching and blowing spit bubbles. He loves to eat his fingers and soak his bib. We go through about 5 a day. He's eating rice ceral twice a day and last night he slept through the night....well at least from 8:30-6:30.

Alex is also rolling over both ways...belly to back and back to belly. He's interested in grabbing things put over his head and he loves standing. We're convinced he's going to walk before crawl. When he's on his belly he screams and just lies there, then he realizes he can actually roll back over.

Alex has several tickle spots and he has the cutest laugh. He also laughs when you laugh, it's the funniest thing. At times I think he's getting a bit spoiled because if you put him in his bouncy seat and walk away, he cries. But as soon as he sees you he stops crying. I've come to the conclusion that it's really hard to tell when they need you and when they want you. It seems to be very easy to spoil babies because they're so darn cute :)

Here's a picture of Alex rolling from under his bear playset to about 3 feet away facing the opposite direction.



He also discovered that he can touch Oreo.

And he likes playing with his feet.

oh...and...

Alex is starting to roll the other way too. He's rolling from belly to back, which is harder than back to belly. I think he's going to be crawling sooner than normal.

And today we went to the ENT for me and he talked the whole time. The nurse and the doctor got a kick out of him. So, along with crawling, he'll probably talk too.

Eating

It's been one week and Alex is actually eating. We're swallowing more than is on the bib.

I tried to feed him around 5pm and he was sooo hungry. I put in two bites and he spit them at me. So, I gave him a bottle. After a bath I tried feeding him again and as soon as he saw the spoon he opened his mouth. For each bite he was moving his mouth and trying to eat before the food got there. My little man's getting the hang of it.

Now I'll make a little more and a bit thicker cereal and see how we do.

2nd feeding

Tonight's feeding went a lot better. Alex is starting to understand he needs to swallow. The feeding went quicker and he ate more.

First feeding with a spoon

Alex ate rice cereal tonight. More definitely got on him and his bib than in his mouth. I think he swallowed a total of 3 times and I put the spoon in his mouth 100 times. I think he kind of liked it but was weirded out...."what's this spoon thing?"

4 months

Well I'm a day late, but yesterday was hectic. He got his 4 month shots. I got to the appointment and the lady said I didn't have one. I scheduled it at his 2 month apt, so I guess something happened because it was so early in advance. My appointment was for 4:10 and we didn't get home until close to 6. Alex was so tired that he slept from about 3 minutes after the shots until we got home. I changed his clothes to put him in pj's. He was a bit fussy so I gave him some bottle and he knocked out.

He woke up at 4:30 am with a fever so I gave him some Tylenol. Then he slept until 7:30 am.

Needless to say I didn't have a picture opportunity then.

Today was hectic but not as much. After his bath I remembered I needed to take 4 month pics so I rushed them. They're not too cute, but they'll do. As soon as I laid him in his bouncy seat from the photo shoot he crashed.