Follow that rattle... Carter has gotten decent over the past few weeks of following something with his eyes. His favorite object is the rattle shown in the bottom of the picture below. In the past week he has gone from following the rattle with his eyes to physically turning his head from side to side as we move the rattle from left to right. It is quite a neat trick.
Hand control... the jerky hand and leg movements of the first few weeks are starting to subside. They still occur but they tend to be smoother and aren't waking him up as much. He is also able to "hold" his bottle a little bit. Ok so really he happens to randomly grab his bottle in the right place when it gets low enough that he supports it without help. But it makes mom proud!
Tummy time... Carter is getting much better at holding his head up and will tolerate a few instances of tummy time each day. He loves to scoot himself across his mat by pushing his feet out (mom thinks the motion looks like a frog's legs when it is jumping). He has also started to become interested in looking at himself in a mirror.
Sleep... we seem to have finally gotten little man to sleep in his pack n' play after 4 weeks of co-sleeping. This is good news for mom and dad. It seems to also be helping him sleep a little longer. We are now getting at least one 3 hour stretch of sleep a night and we got our first 4 hour instance last night. This is wonderful compared to the every 2 hour feedings of the first month.
Tubby little guy... as I pointed out last week, Carter is growing! You can see his cute little fat rolls in the pic below. He has them on his arms and his neck. Which makes a great place for milk to collect so little man is enjoying daily baths before bed. Carter has also officially grown out of his newborn onesies and diapers. We unfortunately have to thank our wonderful friend Brittany for helping us determine it was time for to move up to a size 1. [B - I'm sure we'll repay the favor some day =)]
Gas... unfortunately Carter has developed a case of gas over the past week which results in this face several time throughout the day. I feel bad for the little guy but he is still pretty cute even when he is mad. Luckily with the help of Gripe Water and Mylicon drops he seems to be doing much better.
Smile... The good news is despite the ugly faces Carter has started to smile more. It's somewhat hard to tell a real smile from a gas smile but over the past week he has started opening his mouth when he smiles and occasionally keeping his eyes open. He is most prone to do it when dad gets home from work.
And just because I can, here are a few of my favorite other pictures of Carter from last week...
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