August 15, 2008
Boy child
Owen has made so many big steps in the last month, I can hardly believe he was a smushy lump just a few short months ago. In just the last week, he's gone from slumping on his chest to full on sitting. He loves it! He'll sit for large chunks of time, playing with the same toys he's drooled on for weeks, but apparently they look new (and tastier!) from his new perspective. He loves the LeapFrog table, minus the legs, and he loves to drive me nuts by playing the alphabet song over and over and over. That kid really has a thing for his letters, since that the one song that's calmed him in the car and to sleep.
Just today, I tried feeding him rice cereal. He tried to convince me he was choking on his first bite, but actually ate a fair amount. He made the sour lemon face a few times, but who can blame him? Rice cereal tastes like cardboard. What an awful introduction to the world of solids. Then again, the kid puts absolutely anything that gets into his hands into his mouth, and he must have tasted something nastier by now.
He's becoming much more deliberate in his grabbing and manipulating. He's finally starting to pick up his pacifier and put it in the right way. Now if only he could put it back in his mouth by himself at night. Since we put him in his crib about a week ago, he's only been eating once a night, but we're up anywhere from a couple to half a dozen times a night putting that damn sucker back in. I'm still getting more sleep than before, partly because Rex is sharing recorking duties with me at night.
Socially, Owen is so much fun. He loves to smile, but when he meets someone new he gives them this emotionless stare. And he just keeps staring until something clicks in his head and he opens up into this big grin. He's been laughing for me for a while, but almost never for anyone else, until this week. He's now giving his father big belly laughs, too. He's much more willing to be set down, now that he's sitting. I can actually get stuff done!
For anyone who worried that I wouldn't love my son as much as my girls based on my posts while I was pregnant? Not to worry. I am absolutely head over heels in love with my little man!
Posted by me at August 15, 2008 8:57 PM