Mama's Boy

Joshua is now 5 1/2 months old and changing every day.  Since I've been out of school he has become quite the mama's boy.  He would prefer that I hold him most of the day, but that's just not feasible.  When I have something that really needs to get done I have to just let him cry it out a while.  Generally he prefers me over Andy.  Often times he will cry and cry while Andy has him and as soon as I take him, the crying stops and our happy boy returns.  Andy's not the only one to evoke tears.  Almost anyone other than me will bring on a  crying fit.

I may be able to stop the crying, but when he's sleepy Daddy does best.  Andy's method of calming Joshua is to swing him in a blanket.  It works like a charm for him; yet if I try the fussing continues.

Joshua also loves to "fly" up in the air or hang upside-down for a few moments.  He is going to be a handful and quite the daredevil like his daddy.

Roll Over, Roll Over

Joshua is rolling over!  At this point he is only rolling from tummy to back but he's so close to going back the other way.  The first time he did it, Andy and I were so excited that we rushed to his parents house to show off Joshua's new "trick".  I then promptly called my parents to share the news with them as well.  He gets a little frustrated when we keep flipping him back on to his belly after he's rolled over.

Josh loves when we make funny noises and play peek-a-boo.  He gets quite a kick out of it and laughs and laughs.

We started rice cereal and Joshua does pretty well with it.  The only downfall is that it seems to back him up a little.  I've started mixing a little baby food in with it and that seems to have helped some.  Josh is very good at opening his mouth when he sees the spoon coming.  Occasionally he fusses when I don't bring it to his mouth fast enough.  He only gets "food" in the evening right now.  I think once his system adjusts to it more we will try twice a day.

4 Months Old

I keep telling myself that I'm going to post more than just once a month, but that just doesn't seem to happen.   I started this post 2 weeks ago and am just now getting back to it.  We had Joshua's 4 month appointment on the 14th.  He was not a fan of getting undressed and being weighed.  Our little guy isn't so little anymore! He weighs 16 lb 1 oz and is 24 in long.  It appears Joshua's circumcision was starting to grow back so the doctor had to pull the skin back which only made Josh cry even more.  Dr. Geddes said that with a little vaseline it should become less sensitive soon.  He also said that Joshua is meeting his milestones that he should and guessed he should be rolling over soon.  Andy and I are hoping to see that soon!  Joshua has such strong legs that we think he'll be rolling before we know it and we'll probably wish we hadn't wanted him to be on the move.  The doctor also said that if we want we can start mixing rice cereal with milk to give to Josh.