Moot Thoughts & Musings

Ellis turned 3 months last Ides, since I'm not writing anything down anywhere else, I just wanted to jot a few things down for myself, so that I don't forget.

Ellis has definitely gotten more interactive this month. It's so much fun! He's also keenly aware of the world around him, and he's strong.

* One of the things he enjoys is pushing off with legs while on our lap. We hold him and he stands on our legs, enjoying the view.
* Hands down his favorite thing in the world is his Winnie-the-Pooh mobile that hangs over the changing table attachment of the pack'n'play, which is his bed. No matter what mood he is in (except for frantically hungry), he'll almost always have a smile for his buddies, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore. He grins at them and coos and babbles at them. (watch the movie!)

* This month he's found his found his voice. His favorite sounds are "coo", "goo", "agoo", "ooo", "gee", "uhgee", "oooh", "ih", etc. (I hope this is a good sign for later speech development.)

* He rolled over from his tummy to his back.

* He likes to suck his right thumb.

* He sleeps through the night.

* With daddy going back to school, we've found sort of a routine. He has a long nap in the morning, during which I'm at the computer frantically trying to work. There's a shorter version of this after lunch. We try to take a daily walk in the park next to Chris's school before we pick him up. Ellis is okay in the stroller but prefers to face out ing the bjorn so that he can look out and see everything.

* He looks and looks and looks. He stares at patterns, the ceiling fan, leaves on trees, your face (his favorite), his toys. He's taking it all in. He likes to sit on our laps watching everything.

* Since he likes his mobile so much, I wish I had gotten one of those baby gym things where the toys hang down. I just wanted to minimize Stuff, but there's nothing like seeing what makes your kid excited to make you want to give it to him. I mentioned how I wished I had found one while standing around the church nursery. One mother mentioned having recently seen their's forgotten behind the couch, now long after her youngest has used it. She pulled it out and gave it to me. Yay! Ellis does like it, but not as much as his mobile. I think he'll like it more as he gets used to it.

* He's officially in 3-6 months size. I'm glad that he's to size so far, and I hope it sticks, because I've acquired a few things for the future. His pajamas went into the wash fitting him and came out of the wash not fitting him. They didn't shrink. He is growing so fast! It's hard to think that this wiggly 12+ lb boy was a tiny little 6 lb baby all curled up in my arms such a short time ago.