Micah loves to sit in his Bumbo seat and is getting really close to sitting independently. I do look forward to that milestone and somewhat hopes he follows Owen with being content to just sit on the floor. Owen didn't crawl until 10 months old and I would be perfectly happy if Micah followed suit. It's nice to just set them on the floor and know they'll be in the same spot when you come back. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing how each baby becomes mobile but I'm in no hurry.
Micah has figured out rolling over but really prefers to not do it. I don't put him on the floor too often just because Owen likes to lay on top of him and I worry he'll get stepped on or tripped over while Owen runs around.
Micah loves his brother, despite being bitten 3 times. Owen has bitten his forehead, his fingers and his nose hard enough to leave marks. I often see Owen lying on top of Micah and tell him to be gentle just to see Micah underneath with a big grin on his face. Owen can get Micah to laugh like no one else which is so fun to see. I also hear lots of "Don't touch that Micah!" "That's mine, Micah!" etc. so I'm sure I'll be breaking up many fights in my future as well.
I realize that my last post was mostly about how bad of a sleeper Micah is so I'll try to not say much about that other than it's about the same. 2.5-3 hour stretches. It's gotten terribly difficult to put him down at night and it will often involve 1+ hours of crying. It's been difficult but I keep reminding myself that it will pass. (In the couple of weeks between writing this and actually posting it things have improved somewhat. The last couple of nights he done 3.5-4 hour stretches although 2 nights ago he was awake for over an hour each time he woke up which was not so great.)
Micah has had a nasty cough for the last week or so and has all but completely lost his voice. It's super cute to hear him talk all raspy but heartbreaking to hear him try to cry. He ended up having an ear infection which didn't surprise me. Lingering coughs always became ear infections with Owen. Giving Micah the antibiotic was awful. He would gag and try to spit it out and threw up a few times. I tried it in a bottle once but he was having none of it from me so Pat tried the next day and it didn't go much better. I think Micah has had a total of 3 bottles so it could've been more that than anything else. He did get better about taking it but I was glad when it was over.
We started putting Micah in the nursery around 4.5 months which is quite a bit earlier than Owen. Micah didn't sleep during the service like Owen did and since he's so happy I didn't feel as bad about putting him in there. He's does great and I think I've only had to get him early a couple of times.
We are borrowing a Jumperoo from Pat's parents and Micah has started to enjoy that. He's just recently figured out how to bounce it so that's fun.
No obvious signs of any teeth yet but gallons of drool and lots of finger gnawing.
We started some solids this week. The rice cereal went better than the squash tonight. He seemed to really like the cereal (it was mixed with breastmilk so I'm sure it just tasted like what he's used to) but had a hard time keeping it in his mouth. The squash he just gagged and spit it out. He seems more interested in chewing his bib or the spoon but we'll keep trying! I'm not in a rush since he is clearly growing just fine and doesn't seem hungry after nursing. It also means that I have to start rinsing my cloth diapers :P
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| Oh these boys. |
Look at those handsome boys!
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