Dear Ben,
It has been another wonderful month! You are growing up so quickly! I can hardly keep up! As you can see from the pictures above, you do not like to sit still! I love it! :)
GENERAL: You are allllmost 14 pounds (on our scale at home, that is, at the Dr's office you were 14.5lbs, but you always weigh more on that scale. ) You continue to be the happiest baby in town. You love to hand out smiles! You like to go on walks and basically just hang out with your mommy and daddy. You had a great first Easter! It really seemed like you were interested in your basket. You were a little angel at church and made tons of friends, like usual. Like all holidays, we had a busy day of going to Nana's, great-grandma's, and then Nana & Papa's house. You loved all of the attention though and didn't fuss one bit. You also loved your first trip to the zoo with you best buddy Maddie!
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| 1st Trip to the Milwaukee County Zoo |
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| Festive Food @ Nana's |
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| Just Hanging |
EATING: I'm not sure if you're just getting the hang of solids better, or if we just finally found some foods that you like, but you are definitely enjoying meal times more than you used to! You like sweet potatoes, bananas, chicken or turkey with veggies, peaches, and pears. The huge supply of milk that I had really dwindled (and all but disappeared completely) so now we are doing half breast milk and half formula. You seem to be OK with this! One thing that hasn't changed is that you still make a HUGE mess when you eat! We need to give you a bath nearly every time you it. :)
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| Someone was more interested in the plastic egg covers than in the actual eggs... |
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| Happy Easter, Ben! |
SLEEP: There have been 1 or 2 nights where you slept 10 consecutive hours, but not as often as we would like! You (still) usually go to bed around 7:30 and you like to wake up at least once a night, typically around 3:00am. You will have a bottle and then go back to bed. You like to start your day between 6:00 and 7:00am. You will talk and blow bubbles in your bed for awhile. We love listening to you and watching you on the baby monitor. You still don't like to go to bed unless you are rocked or sung to. You are getting better at naps but you like to fight sleep as much as possible! You don't want to miss a thing!
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| Oooo, what did I get from the Easter bunny?! |
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| I love it all! |
FINE/GROSS MOTOR: You are getting better and better at sitting. You can sit for a long time, but I still get nervous that you will fall and hit your head on something. You are sooo active these days! You are constantly wanting to explore you environment and you're SO CLOSE to crawling! You can scoot to get where you want to go, but it isn't technically crawling just yet. You prefer to play on your tummy these days, and you actually prefer to sleep on your tummy/knees these days too. You still like to put everything in your mouth, especially things that do not belong in your mouth! You love things that make noise, such as your elephant rattle (because you also love putting his trunk in your mouth) and you love you exersaucer, though I think you are getting a bit sick of it. You love putting books in your mouth too.
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| I love my Uncle Joe! |
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| Happy Bunny! |
COMMUNICATION/COGNITION: You are getting smarter by the minute. You are so social and you're happy as long as you are around other people. You are starting to realize when we leave the room and you cry a bit. You will still entertain yourself for awhile, but you would prefer to have company. You are still making lots of "talking" noises. You love to blow raspberries/spit...a lot, especially when you don't want to eat anymore.
You are just the best and we love you SOOO much! xoxo
