Thursday, June 10, 2010

Big week for the record books

Lots of firsts this week for our growing boy! Yesterday he rolled over from his back to his tummy for the first time. He did it again today, so it wasn't a total fluke. Just put a toy over on his side and he goes for it. Then I started hearing him say "Mamama" a lot starting just yesterday afternoon. He also says "Papapa" but it's kind of a soft whispery 'p' sound. Very cute. And finally today he seems to have his first cold. :( Not so fun. He is coughing and has a runny nose, and sneezing more than usual. It doesn't seem to be bothering him in the least, so I'm not worried. Just doing a lot of wiping snot off his upper lip. Ew.

With the rolling over we really have to get serious about weaning from the swaddling blanket. I'm not sure any of us are ready but the day has come. So he gets one arm out now, and he uses it to whack himself repeatedly in the forehead. Which is okay with me as long as he's not pulling the pacifier out of his mouth. I left him to it for his afternoon nap and he still fell asleep so I guess it's just another one of his quirky ways of winding down.

*Yawn* Now if he would just start sleeping for 12 hours straight at night we'd be in business.

Here's a picture from a BBQ we went to last weekend. Notice what Seth has a handful of in his left hand. Ow.

2 comments:

Shauna said...

Isn't it crazy how much they seem to change in such a short amount of time??? What a big boy, rolling and all...

How's the arm? ;) Youch.

McMahan family said...

LOL at "the whacking himself repeatedly in the forehead" part. I TOTALLY hear you, sister! Kasey is still in the SwaddleMe blankets. He can fall asleep without them but then if he wakes in between sleep cycles, he's AWAKE and flailing all around, unable to calm himself down again to go back to sleep. In fact, I just bought him the bigger size in the lighter fabric. We were really STUFFING him into the smaller, fleece one still. He did NOT stay wrapped b/c it was way too small for him and he'd get his arm halfway up and stuck over his jaw/mouth, trapped. LOL. Poor boys -- they just want to be so active that they can't calm their bodies down enough to sleep soundly, I guess! Emma was definitely out of her SwaddleMe by this age ...