1 month milestones:
Mastered Skills (most kids can do):
Lifts head when lying on tummy - He can lift his head and turn it from side to side but would rather just lay there and look comfy on his belly.
Responds to sound - we have a beagle so he responds to that very well. When hes crying, I can usually get him to stop crying and listen to me for a few seconds. Once he realizes im not saying anything important though, he gets frustrated. Or pissed that Im still talking and not feeding him...
Stares at faces - Oh yes! He seems to pay attention to your face and gives you a weird look like "you are crazy lady".
Emerging Skills (half of kids can do):
Follows objects briefly with eyes - Eh, he can but doesnt really have the attention span to do so.
Vocalizes: oohs and aahs - He has a squeal that he does and he does talk to himself and occasionally us. He also likes to make the farting sound with his mouth. He makes most of his sounds when hes playing by himself and shuts up when I come see who (what) hes talking to. He does "tell stories" as I say.
Can see black and white patterns - I dont know... He stares at the butterfly on his play gym and enjoys watching the ceiling fan.
Advanced Skills (a few kids can do):
Smiles, laughs - yes! He started smiling last week. He doesn't do it often but he does smile when hes really awake. He still prefers to roll his eyes at you but who knows how serious of a personality he will have. I also caught him "laughing". I got it on video and it surprised me! He was kinda huffing with the smiles but I consider that the beginning stages of a laugh. Of course he wont do it again but the smiles are also not given for free either so its going to take some more work to get it out of him.
Holds head at a 45 degree angle - I don't know. Probably not.
I love the smiles Im getting! I am getting more eye rolls than smiles still but I don't blame him. He doesn't smile yet when I rescue him from crying in his bed but he only has one thing on his mind then, the boob. He does smile more often when I change his diaper. And he has a good smile after a good spit up session. There of course is the good poop smile but some of those poops do deserve a good smile. He also smiles when he pulls off from eating and looks at me and its the most precious thing of all.
This child is amazingly easy. I had him on his play gym for 45 mins the other day. Of course I was walking back and forth and looking in on him and I knew where the animals were at all times. I thought he was falling asleep so I moved him to the crib where he was then wide awake but content with for a little while. He sits in his bouncy seat while I shower or do laundry or anything really and hes content in there too. This child doesn't cry or whine for much, yet. He wines when hes hungry and sometimes that turns into a cry. That's the only time I hear him cry.
Hes a sleeper for sure! He takes his naps during the day and sleeps awesome at night. We still have yet to have a bad night or early morning. Earliest morning is 6am but even that is okay with me. Depending on when the last feed is, depends on when he wakes up in the middle of the night and that also determines when he wakes in the morning. His longest sleep has been 5 hours before stirring and waking me. After he eats, I set the alarm for 4 hours. I check his diaper and if all seems good, I se tthe alarm for another hour but he almost always wakes up between 4-5 hours. I will wake him up and change his diaper if I need to and then hes awake enough to eat. He goes right back to sleep. I had to wake him to eat once though cause I was in way to much pain. He ate and went back to sleep. He pees so much and fills the diaper fast and there is no way he could go all night in it. He is still sleeping in the pack and play next to the bed and no animals are allowed in the room at night. If he eats around 6am for a second feed, he will end up snuggling with me till 7 when we all get up. His bedroom is almost finished. We need to fix the border in one spot and paint the book shelves and organize the room. The crib is put together though and he doesn't mind napping in it so far. But Olly has taken to sleeping in the crib. I think Olly has slept in it more than baby. That means the door needs to stay shut when baby is napping in the crib. Olly has free range of the crib all night though. Moxie likes to sleep on the baby gym mat.
We are comfortably in 0-3 clothes depending on what diaper he has on. Cloth is bulkier so some pants look funny. But his legs fit good and arms fit good. I have a feeling we will be in 3-6month clothes before 3 months. That may also have to do with the fact that my child is measuring in the 75th percentile for height and weight. He was 10lbs even at 5 weeks. He doesn't really have baby fat rolls, hes just a bigger boy.
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