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Cosleeping with Mom and Dad
Baby John has been sleeping with Mom and Dad since birth. Mom finds cuddling with John keeps him warm and content for a good night sleep. Having John with Mom and Dad makes it also easy and relaxing to breast feed just before turning in for the night--at least for a little while before John wakes up for another feeding, which is usually in about 4-5 hours. John sleeps between Mom and Dad. Dad helps change John's diaper in the middle of the night, which is so nice for Mom (Arnett p.134). -
John holds his head up!
Today John held his head up with out any support! He is showing us one of his newest gross motor developments. (Arnett, p141) I am excited to see what this little guy will do next! -
Rolling Over!
Today John rolls over for the first time! He is right on time with the average age at 4 1/2 months. Althought some babies are known to rollover earlier, John is right in the middle in developing another gross motor skill (Arnett, 141). -
Guess who is crawling!
Yes, it is our baby John! He took his first crawl today as he laid on his tummy on favorite floor blanket. He loves to kick his feet and rock on his tummy, and this time I think he surprised himself that he could actually move forward. He is making another milestone in gross motor develpment and is in the average range for babies to crawl (Arnett, 141). -
He's a Cruiser!
He is just a cruising along! John likes to pull himeslf up to the side of the coffee table and he has just found out that he can hold on to the edge and walk around the table. John is doing well and in the average age range again in his gross motor developments. Average age is 11 1/2 months and he is 11, so he is bit early this time (Arnett, p. 181-182). -
Weaning John
It is time to start weaning John for good from his mothers's breast milk. He has been eating some solid foods for about six months now, but mom feels it is time now to get him off the breast fully. It should go rather smoothly, however, since he has been breast feeding this long it will be more of a chanllenge to get him off the breast and to drink from a bottle or sippy cup. Hopefully he will not protest too much (Arnett, p 185-186) -
Teething!
John has been pretty fussy these days, and even though he was getting into a good night's routine sleeping. He is now waking up a few times a night . We are sure it is his teeth coming n now, but it could also be due to him sleeping apart from Mom and Dad (Arnett, p. 180). -
Self Recognition
John found himself today! As we were walking past a storefront window, suddenly he stopped and looked intently into the mirrored glass pane. He was making faces at himself and observed his own movements as he raised his arms and tilted his head back and forth. He would open his mouth and then close it. He wanted to stay longer. What John experienced is what is known as self recognition, usually toddlers will demonstrate this around two and three years of age.(Arnett p. 203). -
Self-Reflection
John has been trying to communicate alot lately. It is rather hard to make out everything he wants to say, but one thing for sure, he is refering to himself as "me" and "I," and by his own name. He is starting to self-reflect himself as a person, and developing a sense of himself as he would another person or object (Arnett, p. 203) -
Fast Mapping!
John has been talking alot this past year, and surprises everyone as he tries to communicate everything around him. He points and tries his best to communicate to others what is going on even though he may not get every word out correctly. He tries to share with grandma as she visits as she takes off her coat. He tries say, "the closet is where you put your coat and shoes," His little mind has been developing a language very fast. This is what is known as fast mapping (Arnett, p. 250)
