Tuesday, July 16, 2013

4 weeks

I know it's cliche to say, and I'm sure it won't be the last time, but where did the time go?  Wasn't it just yesterday we were celebrating leaving the hospital together? Staying up all night in the glider taking shifts with Dan?  Going to the first Peds appt, first time to the store?  Didn't Dan just go back to work last week?  Didn't we just have our meet and greet party?


Here is what John has mastered in the past 4 weeks:
He can recognize and follow my voice and his toys.
He loves his playmat and tummy time but still doesn't like his swing or rock n play.


He loves being outside in the heat.  He sleeps his best wrapped up like a burrito where he is slightly sweating.  He is such a little heater when he sleeps.
He can now see from my arms to the ceiling to watch the fan, or across the room to watch the light come through the curtains.
He has always had a strong head and can lift and turn his head from side by side on his own.  In fact, I rarely need to support his head when holding him if he is awake.
His legs are very strong and he loves "standing" on mom and dad while stretching his legs.  He always gets a look of pure astonishment every time.
He is sleeping fairly well in 3-5hr stretches.  He still prefers to sleep on us and its always a rush to get as much done as possible anytime he is laid down asleep.  He will typically last 15-30min.
He loves the car and jogging stroller and will fall asleep pretty quickly in both.


He goes from content to starving in 0.2 seconds and is not happy about it.  We have come to laugh at his food anger issues that I'm sure will only get worse.
He is a water baby and really enjoys his bath time with Dad.  I'm so glad they have this time to bond.
He fights going to sleep so hard but Dan can always calm him down and get him to sleep.  He sleeps his longest after Dan puts him down.
He can take breastmilk from a bottle and did really well when Grammy and Uncle Jared watched him for 2.5hrs while Dan and I went to our Spanish class.


He has a love hate relationship with his pacifier.

I think I've taken a million photos of John already and I've started taking videos to capture some of John's cute noises and milestones.  Stay tuned for those!


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