Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Red bird
Elijah has really made leaps and bounds in developmental areas. He can now intentionally grab and hold on to toys and stare at them. He loves to try to pull down the toys from the activity gym..he's a pretty strong little fellah.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Flying
Elijah likes to "fly" on our legs..little does he know this counts as tummy time. Look at him hold up that head. He makes the biggest smiles, it's so adorable.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Side by side
What do you think? Who does Elijah look like? On the left is Mom, Elijah in the middle and Dad on the right. We think Elijah has Morgan's eyes (and maybe chin) and everything else of Bruce's. Guess only time will tell......either way he's one super cute (SC) kid!
Tummy time
We got a new mirror at Target that I started putting in front of Elijah during tummy time to make it a little more fun for him. He usually fusses a little because there's nothing fun to look at. But now, he has an adorable baby to look at (he just doesn't know it's him in the mirror yet). He especially likes this (annoying-for-mom) song that it sings when you push the little frog in the middle...there's a baby laughing at the end of the song that he just loves.
Report card time again: 3 months
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Well it’s report card time again, or perhaps I should give myself an F because report card time was about two weeks ago. For some reason it won’t let me post at work and thus kills my motivation to make a post. Who really has the time when they get home after work and want to play with their cute baby?
Sleeping B
There has been much improvement in his sleeping. I don’t know if he’s gotten use to his routine or if we’ve just gotten better at soothing him. Usually a little snuggle while rocking in the chair and he’s out like a light. I would give him an A, but when his paci falls out and he’s not in a deep sleep he still fusses looking for it. There aren’t many sleepless nights or interrupted movies though these days. Thanks buddy!
Head Control A
Almost an A+ but he still has a little bit of bobble head action going sometimes. We don’t really have to watch or be careful about it anymore though. We can pretty much count on him holding up his own head.
Tracking A
He follows things just fine and dandy. I’m sure it could probably be better so we’ll still keep it with out the +.
Feeding A
He eats like a champ. We recently started giving him bottles while Morgan is at work and he didn’t take to them too well at first. Yesterday was much better though. He even chugged right through his last bottle in less then 10 minutes last night, no fussiness and no breaks to burp. It was impressive. **Of note, Morgan would score Elijah an A+ for feeding..guess he just prefers to eat right from Mom**
Hand Control C+
The score is a little deceiving. Perhaps I should make it for where he should be at his age. He does rather well I think for a 3 month old. He can bring his fist up to his mouth when ever he wants (as shown in pictures below) and most of the time he lands it. Sometimes he almost takes out his eye, or looks like he’s picking his nose, but what can you expect? He swings at the toys dangling from his play gym and makes contact. I’m not sure if its spastic movements and he just happens to hit it, or if it’s intentional. He doesn’t always seem to know which hand to use. I feel like sometimes I’ll have him hitting something with one hand and then move the object to the other side and he’ll still swing at it with the other arm as if it were where it was before and look confused. He moves his head and is still looking at it, just using the wrong arm. Oddly enough he seems to have more control over his left hand, but recently has started to develop his right. I wonder which one will end out on top?
Baby Talk A
He’ll usually carry on some sort of conversation with you. You make a noise, then he’ll make a noise. Morgan always says Ah Goo to him and the other day we were talking and he just pulls out Ah Goo’s all over the place. I was very impressed, the G sound doesn’t seem like the first one I would learn to make. I’ve been trying to capture it on film, but he tells me he’s not a trick pony.
Physical Development ??
I’m not sure where to score this. He’s huge for his age so one may think of that as an A+, but maybe he’s too big for his age and shouldn’t be scored so highly for his gluttony. Whose fault is it that he eats so much? Maybe it’s just one of those things… some babies turn out real chunky. They say fat is good for brain growth so bring it on. I don’t know the official weight but he’s around 16lbs and I have no clue on his length.
We’re pretty pleased with his report card, I think this ones going on the fridge.
Well it’s report card time again, or perhaps I should give myself an F because report card time was about two weeks ago. For some reason it won’t let me post at work and thus kills my motivation to make a post. Who really has the time when they get home after work and want to play with their cute baby?
Sleeping B
There has been much improvement in his sleeping. I don’t know if he’s gotten use to his routine or if we’ve just gotten better at soothing him. Usually a little snuggle while rocking in the chair and he’s out like a light. I would give him an A, but when his paci falls out and he’s not in a deep sleep he still fusses looking for it. There aren’t many sleepless nights or interrupted movies though these days. Thanks buddy!
Head Control A
Almost an A+ but he still has a little bit of bobble head action going sometimes. We don’t really have to watch or be careful about it anymore though. We can pretty much count on him holding up his own head.
Tracking A
He follows things just fine and dandy. I’m sure it could probably be better so we’ll still keep it with out the +.
Feeding A
He eats like a champ. We recently started giving him bottles while Morgan is at work and he didn’t take to them too well at first. Yesterday was much better though. He even chugged right through his last bottle in less then 10 minutes last night, no fussiness and no breaks to burp. It was impressive. **Of note, Morgan would score Elijah an A+ for feeding..guess he just prefers to eat right from Mom**
Hand Control C+
The score is a little deceiving. Perhaps I should make it for where he should be at his age. He does rather well I think for a 3 month old. He can bring his fist up to his mouth when ever he wants (as shown in pictures below) and most of the time he lands it. Sometimes he almost takes out his eye, or looks like he’s picking his nose, but what can you expect? He swings at the toys dangling from his play gym and makes contact. I’m not sure if its spastic movements and he just happens to hit it, or if it’s intentional. He doesn’t always seem to know which hand to use. I feel like sometimes I’ll have him hitting something with one hand and then move the object to the other side and he’ll still swing at it with the other arm as if it were where it was before and look confused. He moves his head and is still looking at it, just using the wrong arm. Oddly enough he seems to have more control over his left hand, but recently has started to develop his right. I wonder which one will end out on top?
Baby Talk A
He’ll usually carry on some sort of conversation with you. You make a noise, then he’ll make a noise. Morgan always says Ah Goo to him and the other day we were talking and he just pulls out Ah Goo’s all over the place. I was very impressed, the G sound doesn’t seem like the first one I would learn to make. I’ve been trying to capture it on film, but he tells me he’s not a trick pony.
Physical Development ??
I’m not sure where to score this. He’s huge for his age so one may think of that as an A+, but maybe he’s too big for his age and shouldn’t be scored so highly for his gluttony. Whose fault is it that he eats so much? Maybe it’s just one of those things… some babies turn out real chunky. They say fat is good for brain growth so bring it on. I don’t know the official weight but he’s around 16lbs and I have no clue on his length.
We’re pretty pleased with his report card, I think this ones going on the fridge.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Is there anybody out there?
Wondering if anybody reads this thing cuz we never have any comments!!! Are we that boring? You don't have to be a member to comment.......................................
Sunday, March 18, 2007
I like to suck my fists
Poor lighting, but oh so cute
This is the beginning shot of a video of him really sucking at his fists, but this one is just a picture.
Bumbo
Our friends Javier and Amanda let us borrow their Bumbo, which is a chair for babies. Elijah is learning to like it..It's a good work-out for his neck and abdominal muscles to hold that big head up! And Danny, it's NOT a funny shaped head!
Mesmerized by his toys
Intently watching the light up star above
What's that flying bird doing over there?
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Smiling video
Here is a not that great quality video that we took a few days ago after he was done eating. He makes the cutest faces and smiles a lot then. :) Watch and enjoy!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Monday, March 5, 2007
Sleepy puppy
Elijah and his after bath robe. Look at how chunky those thighs have gotten!! Big yawns after the bath, milk and bedtime story...Elijah knows his routine.
Our first Boston stroller ride!
Last week I took Elijah on his first stroller ride in Boston. I went with my friend Pam (who is 6 months pregnant). It was like going off-roading because some people didn't shovel their sidewalks. For part of it we just ended up walking in the middle of the street. Some parts were really icy, so we took it slow. I got a pretty good workout from going up and down all the hills around here. Elijah slept just about the whole way. What a champ!
All smiles these days
We wanted to share some of our recent "happy days" shots of Elijah. He has become quite the smiley baby. When he smiles, he opens his mouth REAL WIDE (look at the last picture for a great example). We're enjoying every moment with our little cutie. I think the thing that we say to each other the most is "Look at how cute he is!" Hope you agree...
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