I Can Do It Myself!

Yesterday Christian finally held his bottle for an entire feeding. He has been working towards this point for about a month and a half. He could hold the bottle, but if it fell he wouldn't even attempt to put it back in his mouth. Well, yesterday it was like something just clicked in his mind, and he just...did it. Now he is feeding himself like a pro. :D Next on the agenda: sitting without support. WOOHOO PROGRESS!!!!

Paci...GET! IN! MY! MOUTH!

I just had the best time watching Christian trying to put the pacifier in his mouth. I held it out for him and he grabbed it. He tried to put it in his mouth but got the side of it in there instead. So he held it back away from and was looking at it and tried again. Close but no cigar. Then it was like he had a brain flash -- he grabbed it with both hands to get better control and tried again, looking at it to make sure it was in the right position aaaaaand....Success! It was the funniest and cutest thing. He was so determined to figure it out and it was amazing to see him using his brain and spatial awareness skills to do so. I love my little Einstein. :D Now to get him to be able to keep the bottle in his mouth. He can hold it, but if it falls he can't really get it back in there all the time.

Christian has teeth!!!!

Omg! Christian has been drooling excessively since...shoot, since he was a month old. Everyone told us that it was because he was teething. I would check all the time, and it would feel hard, but it never seemed like there was anything coming up. And he never seemed really fussy (except when hungry or sleepy). SO imagine my surprise when my mom called and was like, "Hey, Tiffany, I forgot to tell you. Christian has teeth" Whaaaaaat? I put my finger in his mouth and pulled them out, squealing. OHMIGOSH, CHRISTIAAAAAN!!!! YOU HAVE TEETH!

I don't know how I didn't notice. Maybe because I was so used to nothing being there whenever I did check. But there they  are -- two teeth poking through the gums at the bottom. You can't see them yet, because they are just breaking through, but they are DEFINITELY there. Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! TEETH! :D My babies gonna be eating steak pretty soon. Lol! I'm excited, surprised, and wary all at the same time. I'm super excited because it's such a huge milestone. I'm surprised because he's only 4 months (though I know that it happens early for some babies). I'm wary because I don't know what this is going to mean for nursing. But I am going to stick it out for as long as I possibly can. I'm really hoping to make it to the on year mark. Wish me luck! :)

Bathtime!

This morning I did something I swore I would never be able to do -- take a bath with Christian. All by myself. I remember when Christian was first born and I had a discussion about this. I swore that I would NEVER do this because it was wayyyy too scary. What if I dropped hi? What if he slipped under the water? Well, 4.5 months down the line, I am more secure in my parenting skills. Never once did I feel as though Christian was less than perfectly secure, even when I was letting him float on his back (while I was holding him of course). He LOVED it and it was actually less unnerving than giving him a bath in his baby tub (it's much higher up than our tub so it still makes me nervous). I had fun and so did he. I don't know how often I would do that. Today was sort of an emergency situation (I was trying to take a bath and he started crying) but I'm no longer scared stiff to do it. Yayyyy progress!!! :D

Bedtime!

Christian slept in his all night. For the first time. Ever. Yayyyyy!!! I finally feel like it is the right time, although I will still steal him away to snuggle up with me some nights. I love waking up to my little man's smiles and laughter. :D

Jam Session!

Ok, so this morning I am feeling extra pumped. I got up at 6 something, got energized by listening to some Soca then Zumba'd until I felt like dropping. As could be expected, as soon as I was about to pass out, Christian woke up (which brings me to another great milestone which I will write about in a separate post). So, I turned on my music, pumped up the volume and Christian and I had a Michael Jackson jam session. :D FUN!!!!!

Dreading Wednesday

Soooo...Wednesday we will FINALLY get Christian in for his 4 month shots. He was supposed to have them on the first (when he actually turned 4 months), but I was just getting over the flu and didn't want to go infecting an office full of kids (not to mention the bf had to work and I would have had to deal with shot time all alone). We rescheduled for this past Wednesday but then we got hit by snow and the doctor's office canceled on us. Now we are trying AGAIN. Hopefully this time we make it in there. I'm so anxious for him to get his immunizations (especially since he has been sick TWICE and that absolutely broke my heart). What I'm not looking forward to are the actual shots. When he got his two month shots it was traumatizing. For both of us. For one, I am TERRIFIED of needles. Secondly, I hate seeing him in pain (even if I know it will help him in the long run). So having to hold him down while the nurse hurt him was heartbreaking. He cried so much and so hard. And she had to stick him three times. I would have passed out if I hadn't been so worried about soothing him. *Sigh* Now we have to do it all over again. Poor Christian. :(