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What’s Up with Gage? June 15, 2007

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These days he is just as sweet as can be. He is getting bigger by the second. He isn’t as much heavy as he is long. He outgrows his onesies within days it seems. He is about 25.5 inches long at almost 15 weeks. I have him wearing 6-9 month onesies and some of those don’t look like they will fit much longer. I think he probably weighs around 15 pounds.


We go in a few more weeks for his 4 month checkup/shots. I hope it goes as well next time as it did for the 2 month exam. He was such a little tough guy. He cried really hard for a second and then he instantly shut up and went to sleep. He slept pretty much all afternoon that day.

Speaking of sleep, I didn’t post this before because I didn’t want to jinx myself but he is pretty much sleeping through the night now. He started it the day we went to my friend’s little girl’s birthday party (June 2). He sleeps from around midnight to 6:30 straight then takes a bottle at 6:30 and goes right back to sleep until 10:30ish. I’m loving it. He does fight me pretty bad on all his daytime naps though. He’ll be rolling his eyes back in his head sleepy but still kick and pull at my shirt until I get him to sleep by rocking him. That’s a horrible habit we are in. The rocking. He has to be rocked to sleep unless he is dog ass tired. Even then, it usually is a fight.

He consistently eats 6oz, sometimes more, every 3-4 hours. I give him cereal in his bottle at midnight. I have spoon fed him cereal and squash a few afternoons as well. I want him to get used to it. He really likes it.

He loves his bath with a passion. He is so happy in the tub. He especially loves when we bathe together. He can have his whole body submerged then because I am holding him. He coos and smiles the whole time.

He can grab toys now and he loves his playmat and his toy bar on the bouncy seat. He will hold his rattle as long as you put it in his hand. He picked up his rattle by himself the other day but he hasn’t done it again since. Alot of things are like that though. They do it once and then not again for a while and then it becomes their thing.

I’m pretty sure that he is starting the teething process. He drools and eats his hands all day long. Everything is wet from his little mouth.

All in all, things are immensely better than they were at the beginning. I can tell you now that the way he is now at 3 months is the reason people have children. 3 months is where it’s at.

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1. Shannon - June 15, 2007

Kate & Carson are also doing the hand chewing and drooling thing, but I thought surely they are too young for teething. Anyway, we asked the pedi about it today and he said it’s like “pre-teething.” It’s very common at this age. He predicted that we wouldn’t see any tooth action until September or October.

When the hand chewing gets really intense, I’ve been offering them a pacifier which they suck with a passion. (That’s why Kate has those marks on her face.)

2. Ann - June 16, 2007

YUP…gets a whole lot easier, huh??? I very much agree!! I love the feet picture so much. And he is just get cuter by the day, girl!

3. ruraandmiss - June 17, 2007

I love that kid! He is adorable!

4. traci - June 18, 2007

As a veteran of some very difficult baby sleep battles, my suggestion to you if you’re worried about it is to rock him for a bit, then lay him in his bed. When he starts fussing (or crying) and he will, return to his bed, stroke his cheek for a bit or whatever soothes him, tell him he’s fine and leave the room again. Repeat, stretching the time a bit longer between each return to his room. It won’t take long until he can fall asleep on his own. I wish I’d figured this out when my first was a baby. We did the rocking to sleep and she didn’t sleep all night until she was two. Oy. It worked wonders for the next two babies and they sleep better now than my oldest who is almost 21.

5. traci - June 18, 2007

He’s beautiful, by the way!

6. Shanni - June 18, 2007

It DOES get easier at 3 months! I feel like Mateo and I have found our groove. He also LOVES the bath and is suddenly a total drool monster and loves to suck his fists and fingers. We have the same blanket as the 2nd photo down…white with green polka dots. :)

Gage is a cutie! =)