Reid’s thoughts on sleeping
For a long time now, we’ve wrapped Reid up at naptime and at night in The Miracle Blanket©, which I lovingly call the `Baby Straight Jacket`. We bought this thing when Graham had such bad colic and acid reflux; it helped calm him and keep him snuggly at night. Anyway, it has helped Reid too for a long time.
The problem is, he’s getting too big for it, now that he’s 6 months old. According to our pediatrician, he’s old enough now to put himself to sleep and stay asleep at night. So we began Ferberizing him help him adjust to sleeping on his own. It ain’t going so well. The first night, little guy screamed and cried for more than 4 hours. We’re on night 3 now, and he’s getting progressively better (thank goodness).
Reid let us know how he feels about the process just today, on the way home from lunch!
We’ll keep trying.
Filed under Baby, Reid, Funny, Photos | Comment (1)Reid is 6 months old!
Happy half-birthday to Reidy Monster! He just had is six month doctor’s checkup, where the little guy weighed in at 16 lbs 14oz (50th percentile), 25.5″ (25th percentile), and head circumference of 41.7 cm (10th percentile). We couldn’t find Graham’s measurements from his six month check-up, but right now, Reid weighs less than Graham did at 4 months!
Filed under Baby, Reid | Comment (0)Backyard Shenanigans
Graham’s friend Harris came over to play this morning. The guys ate some fruit and then played all morning in the backyard. We’re having a crazy heat wave, so Kristi set up the sprinkler for the boys to jump through.
Needless to say, they had a blast running around and giggling. After they dried off, the guys made pretzel necklaces — an art project you can eat!
Filed under Graham, Photos, Summer | Comment (0)Reid rolls over!
We’ve been keeping a close eye on Reid’s milestones, primarily to see if he is a late bloomer like Graham or if he’s more typical of babies you read about. He seems to be following the average schedule for doing new things. He is above average in terms of his leg strength; the kid can basically stand up on 2 legs, needing only a parental hand for balance.
Anyway, this weekend he rolled over by himself, from his tummy to his back 3 times! And he tried to roll from his back to his tummy, but he couldn’t quite make it.
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