Bouncing!

Last night was Cameron's first time in the baby jumperoo. He cared most about looking at the bright colors on the side panels.  We are hoping for as many hours of entertainment with him as we got with Alexis!

Parent's Day Out

The note she gets each day

Learning about April weather

Also learning to color inside the lines

Cute, but I'm sure she had lots of help :)

Alexis has been attending a Parent's Day Out program through a local church for almost two years.  She started one day a week in the baby room (0-2years)  when she was 12 months old.  This year she moved up to the two year old room and attends two days a week from 9-11:45 am.  Alexis is particularly fond of one of her teachers, Mrs. Sohee.   Mrs. Sohee is a Korean lady who moved here 22 years ago. The two of them have a cute bond. 
On Tuesday Alexis got in trouble for breaking the crayons.  This is her first time really getting in trouble at school.  Mrs. Sohee pulled Alexis aside to talk to her about the incident.  She also talked to me when I came to pick her up that day.  Alexis and I talked about it on the way home.  I asked her how it felt to have Mrs. Sohee talk to her about the mistake she made.  She said "I felt sad, Mommy".  That evening we all talked about it at the dinner table, deciding that the best thing to do would be to return some new crayons.
Today Alexis returned to school with three of her own unbroken crayons.  She was so excited to say she was sorry!  So excited that she zoomed past the teacher passing out hand sanitizer and straight up to her classroom into Mrs. Sohee's arms. I'm hoping the whole incident made a lasting impression on her.   We shall see...

Q&A with Alexis

 Last week I sat down with Alexis to ask some questions and get some answers.  Here they are:

Favorite Fruit?  Banana
Snack?  Goldfish
Animal?  Puppy
Outfit?  A DUKE outfit!!!
TV Show?  Super Why
Place to go?  To the zoo
Game?  It's Duke.
Color?  Orange (she was holding an orange crayon at the time)
Toy?  Dolls.  I like to take care of them
Book?  A library book about a cat.
Favorite thing to do with Mommy and Daddy?  Play with balls.

What are you going to be when you grow up?  An elephant
What about a job?  Work on the computer
Who's going to be your husband?  Grandpa!
What kind of car will you drive?  Daddy's car
Where are you going to live?  North Carolina
What do you want for Christmas?  A sucker

Three Month Birthday- One Day Early

Three Months Old!

Play dates are fun!

What?

 All swaddled up!

First trip to the Zoo

Cameron is no longer a newborn!  Fourth Trimester is over!  Can you tell I'm excited?  Actually, the newborn phase was not nearly as horrible as I anticipated.  Cameron continues to be a affectionate, calm and smiley.  Even during his fussy times he manages to laugh and smile in between crying.  He makes the funniest sounds that are sometimes even a surprise to him.  His eyes are still blue and we think that will stick.  Some of his hair has fallen out, but that's okay because new hair is coming in!  He is drooling like crazy.  It's time to break out the bibs!

Likes:  Like all babies he likes to be held.  Not only does he like to be held, but he also likes to hold you back.  One of his arms is often clutching me. It's so adorable.
Before putting him down for naps and bed I  sing "Jesus loves me" and "Jesus loves the little children"  Cameron sings and coos along with me.  I don't typically enjoy holding babies, but it's hard to put him down when he's being so cute!  I'm beginning to understand why some parents give in to their children :)  

Dislikes:  Being poopy, but who does?  Also, sitting still to nurse.  He nurses best in a dark room with no noise. That never happens.

Sleeping: Cameron is a very good sleeper, still.  He continues to be swaddled.  He is beginning to break out of it, but I am fighting that one as long as I can!
 He sleeps at night from 8pm-7am, although, I wake him at 10:30pm to squeeze another feeding in. Sometimes he wakes up at 5 or 6 am.  I let him cry or use the pacifier.  He goes back to sleep until 7.   He takes 4 naps a day.. 8:15-10:30, 11:45-2, 3-5, and sometimes a short one around 6:30.
If I get him down before he's over tired then he goes down without a fuss.  If he's overstimulated or overtired there is some crying involved.  If it's been a busy day out, I usually swaddle him up and put him in the swing. 

Eating:  He nurses six times a day. These are usually the times: 7am, 10:30am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, and 10:30pm.  I am nursing instead of bottle feeding at the 10:30 feeding.  It's working out great!

Playing:  Cameron has a favorite book! The title is: Bubbles in the Bathroom.  I can tell he likes it because he is much more focused than some of the other books we read.  I try to follow the author, Mem Fox's advice by reading three books a day.  One favorite, one familiar, and one new.  That's the goal.  Cameron is the second child - We don't always hit it.
In the last week Cameron has been rolling over more and more.  I wouldn't say he has mastered the task, but I don't expect it since that is more of  a four month milestone.  He has just begun to do the baby ab exercises where they try to sit up a bit.  We think he has athletic tendencies :)   I am going to guess that he will be crawling by five months because when we put him in tummy time he tries so hard to move and often moves a couple inches forward. We'll see if I'm right.
I bought a play mat for $8 at the local consignment shop.  He really enjoys looking at the faces of the animals and grabbing them down to put in his mouth.  Speaking of grabbing- my head hurts because he likes to grab chunks of my hair.


Signing- I started this week.  Mommy, Milk, and More.
I remember from Alexis is was very, very slow going at first.  She didn't sign back to me until 8 months!  BUT, by 12 months it had really paid off.  She was signing/speaking over 20 word.  It continues to show in her speech today.
Sooooooo, I spend my days repeating and repeating and repeating.  Sometimes I get tired of hearing myself talk, seriously.