February 5th

Okay, to start out let me do a VERY quick update on Matty.

He is now 3 months old. He is weighing in at a whopping 14 pounds; ranking him in the 65th percentile. He is still fitting into 0-3 month clothes. He is getting into a pretty good routine these days. He goes down for the night between 9 and 10 most nights. He is a great sleeper and usually doesn’t get up until 4 or 5. He then eats and sleeps for another 3 to 4 hours. Then we eat and hang out. He usually catches a quick nap mid morning, and takes a good long nap in the afternoon. We read a story together every afternoon and then talk about what the story was about. We usually play with his mobile or other toy. He is getting the hang of holding onto things, and so we can now play with some other toys. Sometimes he just likes holding hands. He is still a huge fan of lights. He also takes after his father and likes watching TV- don’t worry we don’t let him very often. He loves listening to music. He is very interactive these days. He loves ‘talking’ and smiles a lot. One bummer is that he has reflux. He had a really bad boute with it a couple of weeks ago. He couldn’t eat a bottle without vomiting part of it up. The reflux would come up in his throat and burn and make him so upset. He would stiffen up and scream- one day this went on for over an hour. We promply took him to the doctor. She gave him some medication to take to help out. It disolves on his tounge and he loves taking it. He mushes it around in his mouth and thinks it’s great. It has really helped and we haven’t had too many episodes since he’s started the medication. Once it really has fully started working I don’t think he’ll have any more problems.

Okay, so this wasn’t as brief I was anticipating. But it’s getting late so I’ll wrap up for today. Yeah for day one! Good night! Love you all!!

Melanie

Sleepy, snuggly baby!

Playing in his chair- his legs are always moving!