I can say this now but I would not have believed it those first two to two and a half months when sleep deprivation engulfed our home! Our baby boy is now 4 months old. It's amazing to look at his fingers, toes, finger nails even to think how much they've grown since first meeting him. It's also so neat to watch his personality grow and emerge each day. Watching a new human experience the world around him is such a blessing and a lesson to remember, notice and appreciate the simple things around us.
Adjusting to being a Mom is an ongoing process. Case in point: currently working on remembering to be a wife, too. God's word says that the marriage relationship comes first; I always want to put importance on that. It's a bit of a struggle right now and I often forget that John likes to have adult conversation with me in addition to all of the baby talk and attention on Gavin. We're trying to make sure we have at least two dedicated date nights per month where Gavin has a babysitter.
**I'm finishing this post several weeks later**
Today is Gavin's 4 month appt./shots (eeeeek!!). He is in his 3rd week of the 4th month- Dr. Sarantos was on vacation so his appt. is later this time and not right around his "b'day."
New things Gavin has been doing:
- New sounds: he's perfecting all different octaves of squeals! :)
- In big boy jammies- no more swaddling!
- Easily going in circles in his exersaucer
- Started SOLID FOODS: so far we've tried rice cereal (ick-didn't like it so much); avocado (liked this better); oatmeal cereal (kinda likes this) and bananas (yum for this). I wouldn't say he's scarfing it down for John or I- he's still pushing a good amount of it out but seems interested.
- Spent his second night away from Mommy and Daddy on 6/19 so we could have date night. Robin says he was very interested in the oatmeal with her- couldn't get enough! :)
- Still more interested in sitting and standing than rolling on his own. He's rolled from belly to back probably a total of 5 times on his own and from back to belly none on his own.
- He did start to scoot a bit when I put him on his tummy just yesterday (6/21). Starting to lift himself up higher at times as well during tummy time.
- He's now waking TWICE again during the night to eat- and he does fully nurse one side (part of 4 month wakeful; sign he's ready for solids---??).
**First beach trip with Aunt Laura and Katelyn was from 6/15-6/18 at Panama City Beach. He was better the first day on the beach than the second. I think it's just too hot out there to really get comfortable for his age. He LOVES pools!
More to come soon....
