22 Weeks 4 Days

Well, I've re-introduced cereal to Christopher. We first tried when he was 4 months old, but I never got into a habit. Now that another month has gone by, I've decided that I better get more strict about giving him what he needs! He's still gobbling it up! He's even trying to grab the spoon and feed himself! When I try to keep it away from him (so as to not cause a bigger mess), he only gets mad. Mr. Independent ALREADY?! I thought that came much later.

He's still working on those 2 bottom front teeth. I guess they've come through a little more, but it's still so slow! He's still drooling like crazy and practically keeps his fist/fingers in his mouth all the time. I finally bought some Baby Orajel, but I can't see that it helps him any. I don't know if it's the teething or what, but his sleep routine has been completely messed up the last week or two. He's back to waking about 3x a night. Yuck!

I'm once again attempting to move Christopher from his bassinet in our bedroom to his crib in the nursery. We've gone farther than our first try a month ago...2 somewhat successful nights so far. The first night (Saturday), I ended up bringing him to bed with us around 2 am since he was FREEZING. On Sunday night, I dressed him warmer and left his bedroom door open a little bit, so that helped. He didn't wake up until 4 am and then, after nursing, went right back to sleep...in his crib. Yay! He then slept until about 7:30! It was so nice to sleep childless for a while longer! He even slept through a rough thunderstorm. Shad and I both thought when the thunder woke us up that it would surely wake up Christopher, too. I never heard a sound from him, though.

Something else I'm trying to change is where he takes his naps. Ever since he was born, he's taken his naps mostly in his swing. Since he won't be able to fit in it forever, I'm trying to get him to take his naps in his crib now. So far, we're on Day 3 and he's doing great! I still have to let him cry-it-out a little, but it's usually no longer than 10-15 minutes. I'm finding that he likes to sleep on his stomach instead of his back. In the bassinet, he was pretty confined, so didn't have room to roll over. Now that he's got plenty of space, though, that's the first thing he does.

Speaking of rolling...this child is rolling around like crazy now. I lay him on his back on a blanket on the floor and it doesn't take long before he's on his stomach OFF the blanket! The bad thing is that we have hardwood floors so when he rolls off the blanket, he's on the hardwood, which I know doesn't feel good! I dread when he starts crawling! Oh, those knees! I wish so much that we had carpet throughout the whole house!

Speaking of crawling...he's already trying to bring his knees up! I'm sure it'll still be a while before he completely gets the hang of it, but it shocked me that he's already trying!

Right now, he's playing in his Johnny Jump-Up. He's been in it for quite some time and is STILL happy. I'm impressed! He spends most of his awake time either on the floor on his blanket, in his Bumbo seat, on my lap or in his Johnny Jump-Up. I wish we had an Exersaucer, but they're too expensive. Maybe I can find one at a yardsale or something.

Okay, Christopher's finally tired of being in the Johnny Jump-Up, so I'm going to end here for now. Until next time...