Go To Sleep!
Here is what the newsletter says this week!
Your baby boy, Matthew, is 21 weeks (Approximately 4.9 months) old now.
Your baby is on the go! He or she likes to creep around the floor and can turn his or her body to see something behind him or her. When he or she is on his or her back, he or she can push his or her chest and part of his or her stomach off the floor to get a better look around.
Your baby is probably strong enough to sit in an upright position and can now face forward as you carry him or her around with the support of your baby sling. Also try moving your baby to your hip; you'll have greater freedom of movement and your back, shoulders and arms will thank you as your hip supports most of his or her weight.
You may notice your baby making obvious, conscious decisions as he or she plays - he or she may reach beyond one toy just to get at a more attractive one. Her or his greater strength and coordination will also allow him or her to squeeze toys to make them squeak. He or she may also be able to hold a bottle all by themselves now.
He or she will closely observe the movements your mouth makes when you speak and may attempt to imitate the sounds and the inflection in your voice. He or she will babble specific sounds in an attempt to get attention and will "talk" back when spoken to. He or she will also mimic your facial expressions, which can be a source of endless entertainment for you!
Well, Matthew isn't quite to where the newsletter thinks he is this week. He cannot "creep," although you can tell he tries to move around - he'll get there before too long. I also haven't noticed him mimicking any facial expressions or a whole lot of sounds. He'll blow raspberries sometimes if you do it to him, or squeal if you squeal. But most of the time when you make noises at him, he'll just make whatever noise he feels like making back at you. He DOES push his chest up off the ground when he's on his back, though, and he is reaching out and taking toys that he wants. And he can almost hold his own bottle. Growing so much :o)
As the title of this post says, Matthew is starting the manipulation that I knew would come but hoped it wouldn't :oP I've been nursing him to sleep for months, which used to put him out so much that he wouldn't wake up when I laid him in his crib. Now, though, as soon as he hits the crib he wakes up and cries. What does he want? Why, to be put in Mommy's and Daddy's bed of course! He'll sleep wonderfully there, but in his own crib he'll wake up a couple times a night and not want to go back to sleep. I've let him cry it out before at bedtime, but I just don't have the willpower to do it in the middle of the night. It's not me feeling bad for him (although I do) that makes me put him in bed with my husband and me. It's just that he's so stubborn that he could cry for 15-20 minutes or longer before he'll finally give in and go back to sleep. And I have to get up at 6:15am for work! So I just give in and go get him. Got to stop that, though, because it will only get worse as he gets older. Silly kid ;oP
Your baby boy, Matthew, is 21 weeks (Approximately 4.9 months) old now.
Your baby is on the go! He or she likes to creep around the floor and can turn his or her body to see something behind him or her. When he or she is on his or her back, he or she can push his or her chest and part of his or her stomach off the floor to get a better look around.
Your baby is probably strong enough to sit in an upright position and can now face forward as you carry him or her around with the support of your baby sling. Also try moving your baby to your hip; you'll have greater freedom of movement and your back, shoulders and arms will thank you as your hip supports most of his or her weight.
You may notice your baby making obvious, conscious decisions as he or she plays - he or she may reach beyond one toy just to get at a more attractive one. Her or his greater strength and coordination will also allow him or her to squeeze toys to make them squeak. He or she may also be able to hold a bottle all by themselves now.
He or she will closely observe the movements your mouth makes when you speak and may attempt to imitate the sounds and the inflection in your voice. He or she will babble specific sounds in an attempt to get attention and will "talk" back when spoken to. He or she will also mimic your facial expressions, which can be a source of endless entertainment for you!
Well, Matthew isn't quite to where the newsletter thinks he is this week. He cannot "creep," although you can tell he tries to move around - he'll get there before too long. I also haven't noticed him mimicking any facial expressions or a whole lot of sounds. He'll blow raspberries sometimes if you do it to him, or squeal if you squeal. But most of the time when you make noises at him, he'll just make whatever noise he feels like making back at you. He DOES push his chest up off the ground when he's on his back, though, and he is reaching out and taking toys that he wants. And he can almost hold his own bottle. Growing so much :o)
As the title of this post says, Matthew is starting the manipulation that I knew would come but hoped it wouldn't :oP I've been nursing him to sleep for months, which used to put him out so much that he wouldn't wake up when I laid him in his crib. Now, though, as soon as he hits the crib he wakes up and cries. What does he want? Why, to be put in Mommy's and Daddy's bed of course! He'll sleep wonderfully there, but in his own crib he'll wake up a couple times a night and not want to go back to sleep. I've let him cry it out before at bedtime, but I just don't have the willpower to do it in the middle of the night. It's not me feeling bad for him (although I do) that makes me put him in bed with my husband and me. It's just that he's so stubborn that he could cry for 15-20 minutes or longer before he'll finally give in and go back to sleep. And I have to get up at 6:15am for work! So I just give in and go get him. Got to stop that, though, because it will only get worse as he gets older. Silly kid ;oP
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