Everyone told me that the first few months of his life were going to go by so fast, but the individual days seemed so long. When we were fighting the breastmilk colitis, and awake equalled crying, and every single diaper had blood flecks and I felt like the worst mother alive...yeah, those days didn't exactly fly. 1 AM feedings never did seem to pass quickly enough (and since sleeping through the night is a distant dream for us, I'll go ahead and say that they still don't go by quickly enough. Heh). And still...looking back on the last 4 months...
Yeah. I guess they did go by fast, after all.
Locke is pushing 12 lbs now. This seems huge to me, though I've looked at the growth charts and am prepared for Locke to still be in that 3rd percentile that he's been winging along since his birthday when we go to his doctor's appointment on Monday. He's almost too big for his 0-3 month clothes, though I think the diaper is the problem more than his size. I tried him in a couple of 3-6 months and they were still quite a bit too long. That's one thing I don't like about his all in one cloth diapers...they are bulky and make his clothes fit him weird. Still, I do love my clothies.
This month has been a pretty huge one in terms of Locke's development. He rolled over for the first time a week ago, tummy to back. He's done it exactly 4 times now, though naturally never when Daddy is home, and never when Mommy has the video camera out. In fact, I have made about 12 videos of tummy time since then, all with him kicking and flailing and wailing fruitlessly, because this is a kid who hates, hates, hates being on his stomach, and always has. I'm going to edit them together into a bad mommy montage that he can enjoy when he's a little older. Ha.
Other milestones include passing toys from one hand to another, holding his head up 90 degrees while on his stomach, oh, and learning to suck his thumb.
As far as sleeping is concerned...I tried weaning him off of nursing to sleep, but after a week and a half of 2+ hour scream battles I have decided to wait and try him again on it after we get back from vacation. In 2 weeks we are going to Virginia Beach for a 30th birthday getaway for Matthew. I thought 8 hours in the car with a 3 month old was bad, just can't wait for 13 hours with a 4 month old...
Still making progress on my 101 in 1001. I finished a scarf, started Locke's scrapbook, and signed up for NaNoWriMo for this November (that will be...interesting). Tried a few new recipes (including 2 I made up myself), had another Locke-free date, read a couple of adult books.
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