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.

Surprise!

No thumbs for me

New Pictures

Alex with Grandpa: Grandpa was surprised at Alex's strength. Alex was standing with the support of Grandpa.

He rolled over

This morning he woke up at 4:45 for a bottle. I gave him the bottle and put him down on his back around 5:15. When I got him out of bed this morning at 7:45 he was on his belly. He rolled over!!

New Things

Alex has been mocking sounds. Patrick does a "boo" sound and I do a "motorboat" and he tries it. It's so cute! I tried to catch it on video, but he doesn't do the sounds right after we do it. It's a delayed reaction.

Alex is pointing to the best team in baseball.


Got tickets to the gun show?

Grandparents

We visited Great Grandma and Great Grandpa over the weekend.



Daddy bought Mommy flowers. Why? Because he can!

The Mommy Factor

Mommy at 5 months....Alex at 3 1/2 months.

The grossest diaper ever!

We've started putting some formula in with his breastmilk so when we go out we can give a formula bottle. It's a pain hunting down hot water to defrost milk. Anyway, Patrick was feeding Alex tonight and Alex pooed. Patrick handed Alex to me to change and it was the grossest thing ever.

The poo was almost up to his neck. It was grayish and was the consistency of peanut butter. Alex got a bath and his outfit and changing table cover got a wash.

I wish I had pictures.

New Pics

Find the baby. Hint: He's on the floor watching basketball.

Oh, and don't mind all the baby stuff and the messy living room.


Alex is sucking his fingers while admiring his daddy.

Routines

Seems like Alex has made a little night-time routine. He goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:30 and sleeps to around 3am. He wakes for a bottle then goes back to bed until 5 or 6. Sometimes he sleeps all the way to 5am. When he does that he wakes again around 7.

I think he's going through a growth spurt because lately he's been eating more frequently. He used to eat 5oz every 3 to 4 hrs. Now he's eating 3-4 oz every 2 hours. I have tried to give him 6oz/feeding but he stops eating, so I guess until he wants to eat 6oz at a time, we're stuck with feeding him every 2 hours.

3 month Professional Pictures.

Today we went to see Jose Garcia to get our pictures taken. There are so many great ones....I chose a few. Alex fell asleep half-way through the shoot, so we got some angelic sleeping pics.

Finally, pictures

Alex loves sitting up in his Bebe Pod.







Here's Alex with McAllister. McAllister is my friend (Michelle) from high school's little boy.



My new haircut and color. I have red with blond highlights and bangs. I haven't had bangs in about 15 years.

Hi Mommy!

St. Patrick's Day

Hi Granny!