This was a big month. I started to count my age in months now instead of weeks. I am falling into more routines around eating, playing, and sleeping. I am making more sounds. And I am working on my strength to hold my head up.
As most of my coherts, I like to nurse. Amma enjoys the bonding time as well. For the most part, I have extended the time between sessions to around three hours or so, sometimes shorter in the daytime, definitely shorter right before bedtime, and then a little longer during the night. As a result of this, I reached double digit weight this month (10.5 lbs)! That was a milestone Amma was looking forward to, as it can help with sleeping longer. In fact, the week I pushed into double digits I had a stretch of sleeping around 5 hours, but my usual pattern is still to sleep around 3-4 hours and then wake up to nurse, meaning Amma normally gets up twice in the night.
I started vocalizing a lot more beyond my grunts to have some ahhs and ohhs. This is a fun game with Amma, who calls back to me with my sounds and a bunch of others that I can't yet figure out.
There is that time every day where Amma puts me on my tummy and I work on my strength. While I don't love this, I am able to hold my head up a lot more. At week 6.5 I even rolled over three times from tummy to back (twice in one direction, once in the other), though this skill isn't reliable or common yet. I am starting to grasp rings. Plus I like to push up on my feet (if you hold me).
My favorite positions are as follows: supported on Appa or Amma's legs facing them, being burped over a shoulder (I can fall asleep here too), moving my legs and arms laying on the ground, and nursing (of course).
This month I went on my first hike and second and third. Around Boulder, up near Fairplay at an Ama Dablam reunion with fantastic fall leaves, culminating with a hike up to the top of Sanitas when I was two months old! I also went on a train up in the mountains near Georgetown, though I slept through most of the trip.
One of the sweetest parts of this month was the first appearance of my smile. While still just occasional, it is making an appearance more and more.
Finally, I met more of Amma and Appa's friends (complete with yummy Indian and Ethiopian food). We celebrated grandma's birthday. And I hung out some with my friends Micah and Noah.
Amma still has one more month devoted to me, then she heads back to work. Thank you God for life.
As most of my coherts, I like to nurse. Amma enjoys the bonding time as well. For the most part, I have extended the time between sessions to around three hours or so, sometimes shorter in the daytime, definitely shorter right before bedtime, and then a little longer during the night. As a result of this, I reached double digit weight this month (10.5 lbs)! That was a milestone Amma was looking forward to, as it can help with sleeping longer. In fact, the week I pushed into double digits I had a stretch of sleeping around 5 hours, but my usual pattern is still to sleep around 3-4 hours and then wake up to nurse, meaning Amma normally gets up twice in the night.
I started vocalizing a lot more beyond my grunts to have some ahhs and ohhs. This is a fun game with Amma, who calls back to me with my sounds and a bunch of others that I can't yet figure out.
There is that time every day where Amma puts me on my tummy and I work on my strength. While I don't love this, I am able to hold my head up a lot more. At week 6.5 I even rolled over three times from tummy to back (twice in one direction, once in the other), though this skill isn't reliable or common yet. I am starting to grasp rings. Plus I like to push up on my feet (if you hold me).
My favorite positions are as follows: supported on Appa or Amma's legs facing them, being burped over a shoulder (I can fall asleep here too), moving my legs and arms laying on the ground, and nursing (of course).
This month I went on my first hike and second and third. Around Boulder, up near Fairplay at an Ama Dablam reunion with fantastic fall leaves, culminating with a hike up to the top of Sanitas when I was two months old! I also went on a train up in the mountains near Georgetown, though I slept through most of the trip.
One of the sweetest parts of this month was the first appearance of my smile. While still just occasional, it is making an appearance more and more.
Finally, I met more of Amma and Appa's friends (complete with yummy Indian and Ethiopian food). We celebrated grandma's birthday. And I hung out some with my friends Micah and Noah.
Amma still has one more month devoted to me, then she heads back to work. Thank you God for life.
