Words cannot even begin to describe how much we love our little guy. He brings so much joy into our lives and we love watching him learn and explore the world around him. Even though James and I both are finding our schedule to be really tough with tag team parenting, we wouldn't trade having our little baby for the world! Ian is so good natured and really makes these tough schedules so much easier on us! He is so good about entertaining himself for 30-45 minutes a few times a day and letting us get caught up on short naps or things around the house.
Let's see - new changes this month. With November 1 came daylight savings time and Ian has changed his sleep schedule accordingly. Instead of going to bed around 9pm, he now goes to bed between 7:30 and 8pm. He had moved his wake up time from 9:30am to 8am to 7am for a couple of weeks, but thankfully we are back to 9:30ish. I totally believe that is just God's grace for his poor tired parents, because we fully expected him to keep the earlier wake up time. It does mean he still nurses somewhere between 3am and 6am, but since he sleeps later, I am reluctant to try and wean him from that.
Our biggest accomplishment this last month was Ian learning to roll over! He goes from back to front on his own, but not front to back yet (although we are working on it). He is getting stronger and can almost push up into crawling position. He hasn't quite figured out how to put weight on his knees, so he flops down almost immediately. He has also graduated from his little bathtub to taking baths in the regular tub. He loves, loves, LOVES the extra room and splash ability! Bath time really is one of his favorites times of day. Haha - we usually get a bath at the same time too with all the water he splashes!
What else? Hmm... Oh yes, we have also moved on to Stage 2 baby foods this month. Ian will often eat the entire container of Stage 1 foods now. He also loves to drop his teething blocks off his highchair (and anything else we give him!). It is kind of funny to watch him when we first sit him down in his chair with all the blocks stacked up in front of him. He will knock them all over first and then start gnawing on them. The ones he likes, he keeps. The rest get dropped off the side of his highchair. Eventually though, all the blocks will end up on the floor and he will start looking around to see if he can grab anything off the table to drop it on the floor too!
He still loves his stroller rides too! He absolutely loves going for walks and just cannot get enough of them! It was really cute watching him today. He had one hand hanging over the side of the stroller, feeling the wind going through it. He also has gotten big enough to put his feet on the underside of the tray bar and will often ride the whole way with a foot propped up!
We are so thankful for our little boy and all the happiness he brings to our lives! Here's to many more months and years!
We are so thankful for our little boy and all the happiness he brings to our lives! Here's to many more months and years!
Noah loves stroller rides too! and he props his feet up like Ian. must be a baby thing. haha
ReplyDeleteHaha - they must get that in baby training school. I wonder if they feel more stabilized - less bumps and stuff. Who knows? Maybe they just like to touch everything they can! :-)
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