Stats:
- Carter now weighs just under 20 pounds. Whew he's a big boy!
- He's pretty much outgrown his 6 month clothing. He's wearing all 9 month and even some 12 month clothes.
- We bumped Carter up to the medium size FuzziBunz cloth diapers. Which, ironically, is the same size diaper Brooks wears (at nightime). How different they are!
Eating:
- Last month we started giving Carter solid foods. And so far he's tried avocado, carrots, bananas, and pears. And so far he's liked none of it. The avocado he tolerated, but other than that when I offer the spoon he shuts his mouth and turns his head. (Well, my Dad let him suck on a piece of pineapple when I wasn't around and he didn't seem to mind that) We've tried just putting the mashed up food on his tray, and although he loves to play with it, he's still not fond of eating it. I guess it just doesn't compete with mama's milk!
- Carter is nursing pretty consistently every 3-4 hours. It's nice that he's going a little longer between eating, but I'm so programmed to feeding him every 2 hours, it's been a bit of an adjustment for me.
Sleeping
- I finally have good news!! Some magical switch must have flipped and Carter is now taking naps. I actually hesitated writing this for fear that as soon as I said it out loud that it would no longer be true. But for the last three weeks Carter has gone down for naps without screaming and crying and sleeps for longer than 20 minutes! Can I get an "Amen"!!
- I nurse Carter to sleep for all his naps and bedtime. I suppose at some point I'll need to wean him of that, but for now I'm just thrilled that he's sleeping. He'll take a morning nap around 10am and an afternoon nap around 2pm. Of course our days are so varied that he doesn't always nap at the same time, but he's learned to be flexible. I really appreciate that about him.
- We've established an earlier bedtime for Carter. We realized some of the screaming was due to him being very very over-tired. So he's usually in bed between 7:30p and 8:00p. His morning wake-up time is now 7am, earlier than the 8:00 when he was waking up, but I don't mind. He'll wake up to eat once or twice in the night, but then goes right back to sleep.
- One little hurdle we're trying to overcome (and I say "little" because compared to other issues we've had with his sleeping, this seems really, very minor) is after I nurse Carter to sleep for the night, he'll consistently wake up after 1/2 hour and cry. Every night. And one of us will go up there, rub his back or rock him and he'll go right back to sleep. But I'm still not sure why he wakes up in the first place. He doesn't do that at nap time. Like I said, it's really not a big deal and he's pretty good at going right back to sleep, but it would be nice not having to put him back to sleep again and again in the same night.
New Discoveries:
- Tags. Carter loves to suck on the tags of his plush toys. I totally get why those "tag" blankets are so appealing.
- His blanket. He's always slept with a blanket, but lately he seems very attached to one in particular. It's a soft fleece blanket with a satin edge. At bedtime, he'll grab it and press it close to his face. Then he'll suck on the satin edge and fall asleep. I think we have "blankie" guy!
- Grass. It's been soooo warm here the last month (like in the 70's and 80's warm!), that we've spent a lot of time outside playing. We put a blanket down for Carter to play on, but he'll always scoot himself to the edge and play with the grass.
- Along with playing in the grass, Carter took his first ride on the swings!! He's always loved moving (being held, riding in the car, etc), so naturally he loved the swings.
New Abilities:
- Carter is crawling! Well, he's army crawling, but he sure is getting around! He's loving this new-found freedom and is so much happier now that he can move. Brooks, however, is not. He's now discovering that Carter likes to play with his toys too and Brooks isn't always that fond of sharing. Carter still gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. He just hasn't made it to actually crawling yet.
- Sitting up. Carter is now sitting up pretty much unassisted. But even though Carter can sit up, doesn't mean that he wants to. He likes to move move move and sitting in one spot just isn't that appealing to him.
- Babbling. Carter's been more of a cryer/screamer in the past, so now that he's sleeping better and consequently much happier, we're starting to hear his voice in a much more pleasant manner. He loves to coo and babble. Some current sounds we're hearing: vuh vuh vuh, bah bah bah (my little sheep) and mmmmmeh, mmmmmeh. I like to think that last one is his attempt at saying "mama" :)
Big Events:
- Grandma Marty and Papa Dave came to visit this month. They spent a whole week at our house. Both Brooks and Carter loved having them around.
- On Sunday, March 11 Carter was dedicated at our church. It was a special time to stand before our church family and dedicate our son to the Lord.
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| Pastor Quentin and Carter |
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