As of today, July 1, he is 4 months old and such a fun, happy, smiley, pleasant little boy. We call him "Mr. Smiley", because he's so quick to smile. We marvel at how fast he changes, and probably one of the most noticeable is how sociable he has become. He used to be overwhelmed in large crowds with lots of noise, i.e. restaurants and church, but now he's much more content to just sit back and take it all in, or give someone a smile and "talk" when they interact with him. He also has taken to laughing quite regularly - we never know what's going to make him laugh so it's fun to experiment and play games with him. He is quite contented and mostly just fusses when he's tired.
We don't know what his weight or height is, but he has a doctor's appointment this Friday so we'll be sure to let you know then. We guess he's around 15 to 17 pounds. We went to our local farmers market on Saturday and had only shorts on him (because it was swelteringly hot and humid) and somebody called him "little Buddha", which we also call him every now and then with his rolls and chubs.
He's still fed mostly breastmilk, with an occasional mixed drink of breastmilk and goatmilk.
He rolls over quite frequently now; however, this poses to be a problem when he takes naps because he sleeps on his stomach, so when he wakes up while napping (often 30 min. into his nap) he rolls over. Then it's often difficult to get him back to sleep. So we might just try helping him learn to sleep on his back - we'll see!
He's also finally growing some more hair on his head, and it's either very light brown or blonde. His eyes are still blue, and we think they might stay that way, which is so surprising because when Martin and I would imagine what our baby would look like (while he was still in-utero), we were almost certain he would be brown haired and brown eyed.
The following are some pictures we took today and later this evening at the Durham Bulls game. (Note the picture with Elliot's namesake, even spelled correctly!)
Elliot going down for his afternoon nap...
A few minutes later!!
5 comments:
aww sylvia he is geting so big. and those blue eyes. what a cutie. loved seeing your new pictures. i cant believe how much he has changed just since i saw him. have a good 4th. ~heidi
I was just looking at that guy's stats and Elliot's namesake isn't very good. Strange choice for a baseball-playing namesake. :) Thanks for the update. I'm gonna guess, um, 17.7 lbs for Friday.
hey philip - how could you read that guys stats? did you click on the picture to enlarge it or something or do you have hawks eyes. ok, ok, so it's not really his namesake per se, we just thought it was cool to have a local baseball player with the same name.
-sylvia
Glad to see Elliot came off without scratches or bruises after the weekend of meeting his cuz. Great pictures, Syl! He seemed to be intently watching that ball game, just like his daddy. We miss having you up here, hope you'll make the trip again before too long. . . Luci
What a cutie with his big blue eyes! I can't believe how fast he has changed and can't wait to see you all again in a few weeks!!! It will be fun to watch our babies meet! Tell Elliot hello for Joel!
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