21 Weeks Old - Happy Halloween!

Crabby baby refused to smile.  =(

Trick or treat!

Baby CP will board his first flight tonight to make his debut in the Big Apple.  Wish us luck...

Cousin BY

They were the same weight at birth...Will cousin BY be as big and tall by 4 months old?  It's a race!  I like how it looks like Baby CP is reaching out to Cousin BY in the photo.  In reality, I was holding him down so he wouldn't roll over the little guy.

19 Weeks Old

The crankiness of month 4 continues...I don't think it's teething so much as it is his new super awareness.  This makes him tired faster.  It also means that he sees things that he can't get to on his own, so he gets frustrated.  He has come up with a method of "crawling" that is slow, but if he is left unattended could be dangerous.  I will try to capture a video of it soon, but basically his legs go crazy and can go under his hips and his butt can go up in the air, then he wiggles while his face remains on his hands or on the bed so he kind of scoots himself a few inches at a time.

I'm not sure what he is up to here, but it appears he may be trying to escape his changing mat. 

More clowning around with his seahorse buddy

Oh look - he DID escape!

I almost had a heart attack when I walked back into the room and his head was on the floor, but then I realized he didn't bang his head.  He had slowly moved his upper body out of the mat and rested his head on the floor (at least I think, because I didn't hear a bump and he was in a perfectly fine mood) then as I walked in, brought his legs out using his abdominal muscles.



This week, Baby CP likes to touch everything.  He seems to be very interested in texture.  The mirror, the kitchen countertop, metal, sheets, upholstery materials, the list goes on and on.  He's pulled the camera and lamp off of the desk too.

Baby CP also figured out how to prop himself up with his arms while sitting in just a couple days.  He can't do it for long before he starts to fall over thought so I spot him.

Grandma CP will appreciate this piece of news....We finally, we put together Baby CP's crib and moved him out of his bassinet.  His first nap lasted 45 minutes.  We'll see how he takes to it tonight. 

I forgot to mention last week that we made the jump and stopped swaddling Baby CP.  It was starting to be a hazard since he could roll over and he was starting to get a little too tall so his feet were getting close to the bottom of the swaddle sack.  One night, a couple weeks ago, he woke up every 1-2 hours, so I figured if he is going to wake up that often while swaddled, I might as well wean him from the swaddle at the same time so I would only have to suffer once.  It turns out, that is was a short phase and he only went through two nights of the frequent wakings.  Now he is back to sleeping longer stretches and has gone 6-9 hours without the swaddle.  He's seems to have gotten used to his new freedom and he is better able to get comfortable while he is sleeping - often rolling to his side and even onto his belly which he seems to like.

This past weekend, Baby CP visited Cousin BY and attended a baby shower for twins.  Babies are everywhere!

18 Weeks Old

Last week, Baby CP met his cousin BY.  Cousin BY was born at exactly the same weight as Baby CP, but half an inch longer.  Baby CP is now more than twice his birth weight.  We took a side by side comparison, but I don't have a copy of it yet.

Baby CP has a little boo boo from a little accident, but as you can see here, he's all smiles.

Starting a couple weeks ago, Baby CP has been increasingly willing to sleep on his side for naps during the day.  I guess he finds it comfortable, but for some reason when he wakes up from these naps, he is a little angry and cries more than when he wakes from naps he has taken on his back.  I'm not sure why.  Maybe one of his arms goes numb?  I find that naps on his side are more likely to be successful naps of at least 45 minutes where as naps on his back unswaddled sometimes last only 15-20 minutes.

Here he is with his buddy Fergus.

A happy Baby CP is a standing Baby CP.

4 Months Old

After a cranky week due to teething and a growth spurt, Baby CP returned to his well-behaved self a few days ago.   He is back to waking only once a night (thank goodness!) - sleeping about 8-9 hours in a row the past three nights.  He can now play by himself for 10-15 minutes a couple times during the day.  He is also laughing and smiling a lot now and appears to be somewhat ticklish.  It's pretty amazing how much his temperament has changed over the past 4 days.

It's a bad angle.  His hands are big, but not that big.

Baby CP weighed in at a little more than 17.5 lbs (scary) and he is about 26 inches long.  He can grab toys with much better dexterity now.  He has a couple stuffed animals that he smiles at more than others.  His favorites seem to be the seahorse, Mr. Pineapple and his new elephant pal, who we have named Fergus.  These days, he LOVES to have people hold him up so he can work on his "walking" skills.  He will stop crying almost immediately if you do this, which is good because he's been rejecting the pacifier since he started teething.  He also rejects the bottle some nights.

Just chillin' and planning his escape from the changing mat.