Last night, Charlie demonstrated his proficiency with rolling over-- at least one direction. He now freely rolls over from his back to his front. Now if only he'd figure out the other direction! After a good amount of time on his belly, he invariably gets tired of holding his head up, and then he gets frustrated. For two nights in a row now, I've gone in to find him rolled over and sleeping on his stomach. Apparently he'd been napping that way occasionally at daycare, but I'd not yet seen it happen at home.
Today we had another milestone. On Charlie's daily report from daycare, it noted that he had two teeth! We had noticed that he was drooling a lot, trying to eat his fists, and playing with his tongue over his lips. So we figured it would be soon. But we had not yet noticed the bottom teeth starting to poke out. You can't really see them too well yet, but you can definitely feel them. Maybe that's why he was so fussy last night!
Charlie is still doing really well with the thick oatmeal in the evenings at home. We will probably let him try some veggies this weekend.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Five Months Old!
Well, let's see. So much has happened in the last week. Charlie tried some applesauce, but did not like it much better than the rice cereal. We're going to try some oatmeal next, then some veggies. It continues to be hit or miss with whether he'll eat the rice cereal.
Charlie is also starting to sit up a little on his own, as long as we're there to catch him if he falls. Early last week he would lean forward until his nose eventually would touch the ground in front of him. By the end of the week he knew to put his hands in front of him to catch himself. It helps if a toy is in front of him for him to reach for, or if he is interested in reaching for his toes.
He's still very close to rolling over on his own. He gets nearly there-- except his one arm is not positioned correctly so that he can prop himself up and raise his head. It gets pinned under him instead.
Charlie also continues to be better with his coughing, as long as we give him the breathing treatment each night. He's back to his chatty self, and he's putting on lots of weight-- got a big belly now. We had to move him up to size 2-3 diapers on Sunday.
On Friday last week, we had our first parent teacher conference at the daycare. We reviewed Charlie's lesson plans with Mary, and went over a few other policies and procedures. She suggested some things we could work on with him at home.
We were a day late with our 5 month photos-- we took them last night, and will get them posted soon. John will also post photos of our visit to the Zimmermans' up in Columbus.
Charlie is also starting to sit up a little on his own, as long as we're there to catch him if he falls. Early last week he would lean forward until his nose eventually would touch the ground in front of him. By the end of the week he knew to put his hands in front of him to catch himself. It helps if a toy is in front of him for him to reach for, or if he is interested in reaching for his toes.
He's still very close to rolling over on his own. He gets nearly there-- except his one arm is not positioned correctly so that he can prop himself up and raise his head. It gets pinned under him instead.
Charlie also continues to be better with his coughing, as long as we give him the breathing treatment each night. He's back to his chatty self, and he's putting on lots of weight-- got a big belly now. We had to move him up to size 2-3 diapers on Sunday.
On Friday last week, we had our first parent teacher conference at the daycare. We reviewed Charlie's lesson plans with Mary, and went over a few other policies and procedures. She suggested some things we could work on with him at home.
We were a day late with our 5 month photos-- we took them last night, and will get them posted soon. John will also post photos of our visit to the Zimmermans' up in Columbus.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Roly Poly
Today while napping at daycare, Charlie turned over in his sleep and rolled onto his tummy for the first time (unassisted). I still have not seen him do it myself.
This has been a week of firsts. On Friday night, Charlie had his first paid babysitter. John and I went out for our 5th anniversary, to one of our favorite "fancy" restaurants-- Carlo and Johnny's. The food was delicious, and we enjoyed our first meal together without Charlie in a very long time.
On Saturday, we noticed him sucking his thumb for the first time. He's always been fond of sucking on two or three fingers at a time, sometimes trying to put his whole fist in his mouth. But he has finally found his thumb. He's not yet making a fist while sucking it, so it looks kind of like he's making a rude gesture when he does it!
Last night he reached out to "pet" Lucy for the first time. Lucy, as usual, was very tolerant of little wandering hands. Again this evening he smiled at her when she was at close range, and reached out to feel her fur.
Charlie's cough is also getting better, so it seems the breathing treatments have done some good. We are only giving them at night now, and we leave his inhaler at daycare in case they notice him wheezing during the day.
This has been a week of firsts. On Friday night, Charlie had his first paid babysitter. John and I went out for our 5th anniversary, to one of our favorite "fancy" restaurants-- Carlo and Johnny's. The food was delicious, and we enjoyed our first meal together without Charlie in a very long time.
On Saturday, we noticed him sucking his thumb for the first time. He's always been fond of sucking on two or three fingers at a time, sometimes trying to put his whole fist in his mouth. But he has finally found his thumb. He's not yet making a fist while sucking it, so it looks kind of like he's making a rude gesture when he does it!
Last night he reached out to "pet" Lucy for the first time. Lucy, as usual, was very tolerant of little wandering hands. Again this evening he smiled at her when she was at close range, and reached out to feel her fur.
Charlie's cough is also getting better, so it seems the breathing treatments have done some good. We are only giving them at night now, and we leave his inhaler at daycare in case they notice him wheezing during the day.
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