Saturday, April 16, 2011
Lost pictures
I recently found some old pictures of Peter on our camera's internal memory. I think these may be from when Andrea was staying with us, because Peter looks a little jaundiced. Anyway, it's crazy to think that he was ever that little! I don't think he even looks the same anymore. I do miss some things about that stage. I just loved holding him all the time. Now he's not as snuggly. But he's definitely more interactive, which is very fun. It's so neat to see how much he's grown and developed since then.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Attempts at Photography
I wanted to take some pictures of Peter that I could display on our wall. Peter usually loves to smile at the camera, but I had a hard time getting him to focus. Later I realized that it had been a little too long since he'd last eaten, poor baby! Anyway, these are what I was able to get. The light was never quite what I was looking for, but some turned out cute anyway.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
More Peter
Zonked out Peter. We wish he would do this more often. He is still struggling with his naps. His separation/stranger anxiety is making his naps difficult. He usually naps for 30 minutes at a time two or three times a day. He is sleeping fairly well through the night and usually only waking up once to eat. I worry that he's a little sleep deprived with his poor sleeping habits... I've been reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. In it, Dr. Weissbluth says that some kids are naturally short nappers. I wonder if that's true for Peter. My main concern is that it will affect his health and development adversely. Hopefully not, but it's easy to worry.
The habit of sucking in the lower lip. Kinda funny.
Momma was able to elicit a smile from Peter as he sucks on his lip. Cute, fat, fat, fat boy!
Jabbering Baby
Still no words yet. Unless you coun't the "dada"s that frequently slip out. But he's working on it. Somehow I managed to capture him jabbering in this video.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
7 months
7 months old has been an interesting time. Peter has started to experience separation anxiety. He now cries when I leave the apartment, and occasionally when I leave the room. But, he especially cries and gets upset when we put him down for his nap or at bedtime, and leave the room.
This past week has been particularly horrific. On Thursday, I had to make Mexican Rice for 60 people for our RS meeting, as well as a chocolate bundt cake. That happened to be the day that Peter would not go down for a nap. It took me three hours of his screaming and crying, whether I was holding him or not. Not fun! Then, when I got home from the meeting, it was 10pm and Chris had been trying for 2 hours to get Peter to go to sleep. He finally went down at 11:30.
Perhaps with the sleep deprivation of dealing with Peter and with stress over planning the RS meeting, Chris and I both got soar throats and other various cold symptoms. To top it off, I got a nasty case of the stomach flu with a fever on Saturday. I came out on Saturday morning after a rough night to Chris telling me he thought he needed to go to the ER. He had acute pain in his left side. It turns out, he strained his back, so the doctor gave him some strong ibuprofen. Anyway, it was rough trying to care for Peter singlehandedly when much movement would set me off. I recall my mom saying how she missed her mom when she got sick. This holds new meaning for me. When you're a mom, and you get sick, often there is no one to take care of you, and it makes you miss your mom. :) That was certainly true for me!
Despite the rough time, Peter was so patient and sweet and such a good sport through it all. He also started going to sleep with us sitting next to his crib, so that is a nice change.
Peter loves bathtime and especially loves to splash in the water. Now that we're bathing him sitting up, he splashes a LOT and soaks whoever bathes him (usually me).
Post bath. I thought this picture showcased his rolls quite well. He is one chubby baby.
Peter's hair is starting to grow back in. I think it'll take a long time to get as thick as it was when he was a newborn, though.
These pictures of Peter are on his 7 month birthday exactly. He is wearing 12 month clothes. A little long on him, perhaps, but not very much. But they fit his width just right.
Still trying to figure out exactly how to take pictures with our camera. Even if there is tons of light in the room, if I don't use our flash, it comes out dark, for some reason. If I change the setting from Auto, then it's very difficult to focus the pictures. It's a work in progress.
Peter and Daddy. Happy baby, as he always is when he's with Chris. I think Peter prefers to play with Chris and be comforted by me. Sort of as I predicted before he was born.
Finally a picture with Momma. When Chris takes a picture, he tries to get Peter to smile, so he doesn't pay attention to where he points the camera, or if it's focused. But this one turned out well. :) In this picture, Peter's hair color looks lighter than mine. I wonder if it will darken over time, or if it will turn blond.
This past week has been particularly horrific. On Thursday, I had to make Mexican Rice for 60 people for our RS meeting, as well as a chocolate bundt cake. That happened to be the day that Peter would not go down for a nap. It took me three hours of his screaming and crying, whether I was holding him or not. Not fun! Then, when I got home from the meeting, it was 10pm and Chris had been trying for 2 hours to get Peter to go to sleep. He finally went down at 11:30.
Perhaps with the sleep deprivation of dealing with Peter and with stress over planning the RS meeting, Chris and I both got soar throats and other various cold symptoms. To top it off, I got a nasty case of the stomach flu with a fever on Saturday. I came out on Saturday morning after a rough night to Chris telling me he thought he needed to go to the ER. He had acute pain in his left side. It turns out, he strained his back, so the doctor gave him some strong ibuprofen. Anyway, it was rough trying to care for Peter singlehandedly when much movement would set me off. I recall my mom saying how she missed her mom when she got sick. This holds new meaning for me. When you're a mom, and you get sick, often there is no one to take care of you, and it makes you miss your mom. :) That was certainly true for me!
Despite the rough time, Peter was so patient and sweet and such a good sport through it all. He also started going to sleep with us sitting next to his crib, so that is a nice change.
Peter loves bathtime and especially loves to splash in the water. Now that we're bathing him sitting up, he splashes a LOT and soaks whoever bathes him (usually me).
Post bath. I thought this picture showcased his rolls quite well. He is one chubby baby.
Peter's hair is starting to grow back in. I think it'll take a long time to get as thick as it was when he was a newborn, though.
These pictures of Peter are on his 7 month birthday exactly. He is wearing 12 month clothes. A little long on him, perhaps, but not very much. But they fit his width just right.
Still trying to figure out exactly how to take pictures with our camera. Even if there is tons of light in the room, if I don't use our flash, it comes out dark, for some reason. If I change the setting from Auto, then it's very difficult to focus the pictures. It's a work in progress.
Peter and Daddy. Happy baby, as he always is when he's with Chris. I think Peter prefers to play with Chris and be comforted by me. Sort of as I predicted before he was born.
Finally a picture with Momma. When Chris takes a picture, he tries to get Peter to smile, so he doesn't pay attention to where he points the camera, or if it's focused. But this one turned out well. :) In this picture, Peter's hair color looks lighter than mine. I wonder if it will darken over time, or if it will turn blond.
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