3 1/2 months

Cedar is approximately three and a half months old this week.

He seems to have adjusted okay to daycare. I'm hearing reassuring things on his daily reports, and his behavior in the evening suggests that he's fine. Since I'm very tired after work, and he's very tired after a stimulating day, we spend most of the evening just lounging around, eating and relaxing.

He's huge and growing fast. I saw a 9-month old baby the other day, and he's at least as big as that baby was. He's got a long torso, huge feet, and basically wears 6-month clothes. I don't know how much he weighs, but he's almost outgrown his carseat, and is about to move into size 3 diapers. Yikes! He's a big boy.

His head control pretty good, but he isn't sitting up or turning over yet. I think he'll be still be awhile. He just had another growth spurt last week. During the day, he's awake a lot more, and he likes to look around when you hold him. He's still not terribly interested in objects at all, he's still more of a "people person". I'll give him stuff to hold, but usually he lets go. He prefers to smile and look at us.

He still snores, and has been doing lots of pre-talk. He also likes to giggle and laugh when he's in a good mood. He still is a huge fan of sucking noisily on his hand and fingers, I think he's beginning to teethe...

He still startles when you sneeze, or cough. He's pretty wiggly and squirmy when he's awake. When he's tired, he still wants you to pick him up so he can "pass out".

Most of the time he is still pretty quiet and non-fussy, but lately he's had kind of a teething/growth spurt so he was a bit fussier last week. Now he's kinda back to his old charming self.

After sleeping through the night, he's back to his previous pattern of waking up around 2 am. He had been skipping his night feeding, but since he started daycare, he wants it again. Fortunately I usually don't have to do much of anything, so it's not that big of a deal.

He still has reflux, and I'm a bit worried because I thought he might be outgrowing that by now.

He's still a super-cuddly baby and still likes being held. Since I don't get much time with him during the day, I also sleep with him at night.

He has started laughing in addition to giggling. When he's upset, he gets this look and does the red-faced howl. Then he stops to see if that got your attention, then if not, does it again. He generally only cries like that when he's really hungry. He merely fusses (uh uh uh uh) when he's wet, and when he's tired.

He loves daddy's silly talk. He thinks that's the best thing ever.

That's my boy...