Update for Four Months

This week has been good! Though we are still working on more of these naps (we've had a couple of 1 hour naps, and one more two-hour nap since my last post...) and some days are great, and other days, napping is still an issue, but Michael is making great strides. He just had a great doctor visit the other day, weighing in at 16lbs 6oz and 24.5 inches...five inches up from birth!

In other areas, Michael is having a lot of fun discovering his feet:

And continuing to grab on to little toys:

He is continuing to roll over more frequently in bed (often resulting in frustrating moments in the wee hours of the morning when he is mad because he got himself stuck on his tummy...however, only moments after "rescuing" him, he's back on his tummy. Not so fun when between Daddy Michael and I, we have to go in there about 5 times at 5 am...not so fun at all!).

He has also rolled over a couple times on a blanket, but this is much less frequent. He also doesn't roll from his tummy to his back as frequently as he did a few weeks ago (the day I took the video). It's almost like he either temporarily forgot how, or he just doesn't feel like doing it. So, we are waiting for him to more consistently become more mobile. But in the meantime, somewhat enjoying the security of putting him in one spot and knowing he can't travel.

For some odd reason, Michael seems to be going through a weird "shy" stage with some people at work. And by shy, I don't mean looking bashful...I mean suddenly breaking down into tears if someone starts talking to him. It's really sad!! It's not like anyone is getting in his face, or anything...he just stares at them for a few seconds and starts screaming!

I haven't seen a pattern yet...he's done it to men and women....I feel so bad! I mean, I feel bad for Michael because obviously something is on his mind, but I feel equally bad for these people who are his friends are by no means strangers to him all of sudden having him react so sadly!

I know no one can take it personally because babies are babies and they just go through stages...but knowing the joy of getting a baby to smile for you is so exquisite...having the opposite reaction does entail just a tinge of disappointment!

Well, hopefully it's just a phase and he'll resume being his smiley self with all his friends who care for him so much! Maybe I need to take him out more...who knows?

So, we are doing well as we hit the four-month milestone! It's funny how quickly things change, even though day in and day out, the changes seem so minutely incremental it's easy to appreciate the tremendous growth our little man has made in such a short time!