Day 120

As I mentioned in this previous post, we bought Simon these blue jean diapers made by Huggies and Ron put them on Simon for the first time.  If he wants to be a model, I understand he might need to show a little skin.  So without further adieu… Introducing your next blue jeans model!

Here’s what they look like in the back.

Super cute, don’t you agree?

After donning his  new jeans, he already has an entourage following him around: a cow, a frog, an elephant, and Winnie the Pooh.

Simon seems to enjoy the cow bell toy.  I was able to make him laugh out loud when playing with him.  He is also a bit scared of it though so kind of makes laughing-crying sounds at the same time.

A video from Sunday where I’m playing with Simon and his cow toy and he is laughing.

Ron and Simon came to pick me up from work today so I had more time to spend with Simon since this morning, I didn’t get to spend any time with him as he didn’t wake up until about 2 minutes before I had to leave to catch the bus.  The last few evenings, it’s been difficult to figure out a routine that works for us all.  I get off of work this week at 5pm so usually arrive home by 5:45pm by bus and walking a few blocks.  Simon’s bedtime is 8:30-9:30pm so I only have a few hours to play with him.  In those few hours, we have dinner and I’m exhausted and would love to take a nap but when I fall asleep at night, I usually don’t wake up again until it’s the middle of the night so I’m trying not to nap.  But I’m not sure how that is affecting my playtime with Simon when I’m not as alert as I could be.  When Simon does finally fall asleep, I still pump and then it’s time for me to get ready to go to sleep at 10pm since I try to get as much sleep as possible before I wake up around 3am to pump again, then I am up for about 30 minutes before going to sleep again and waking up at 6:15am so that I can do all my morning things before Simon wakes up.

I’m not sure how long I can keep this up and I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to keep this blog on track.  While on maternity leave I would update usually on the next morning but may now change to the evening of.  I still want to be able to print out these blog entries to make a book of his 1st year.  We’ll see if I can keep it up.

One good note, Simon has taken to breastfeeding again.  He is no longer so fussy that he requires a bottle to drink milk.  I wonder if he notices that I’m at work all day… if he does, maybe he knows that when he breastfeeds then I don’t feel so bad (like I’m failing my baby when he refuses) and makes me still feel useful.

Alright, time for bed, my eyes are already drooping and it’s not even 10:30pm yet!

Day 119

I got a nice surprise today when Ron and Simon dropped by for lunch at my work.  Unfortunately he got a bit scared when my co-workers came to say hi to him.  Too many people at one time and I think he got overwhelmed so started to cry.  It took a bit for him to calm down in one of the offices then we headed down to the cafeteria to have lunch together.

When I look more closely at this photo, you can really tell that my hair is starting to thin out.  In the last week or so, when showering, large clumps of my hair fill the drain as I wash my hair.  I knew it was going to happen eventually but didn’t think it would be that bad.  My hair is a lot longer now but am looking forward to when my hair grows back in.

You can tell Simon is getting bigger when you compare Day 8 when he wore this outfit to today:

For most of the day, Simon was practicing keep balance while standing up.  Most of the time he was successful as he was leaning on the sofa cushions.

At times, not so successful…

Help me!

A video of Simon wobbling while standing (sorry, don’t know how to flip it, still getting used to videos on our camera and YouTube).

This morning was a bit easier to leave since Simon fell asleep shortly after feeding him so he was asleep when I went out the door.  I think if he was awake, I would have wanted to stay to play with him instead of catching the bus to work.  When I got home, Simon was awake so I got to play with him for a while and had a nice surprise!  He was able to turn from his back to his front without assistance.  He used to get his arm stuck underneath him and then get frustrated and cry out.  He did this a few times in a row.

A video of his attempts to turn over and finally success!

So we will have to watch him more carefully now as he usually takes naps on the sofa and since he is getting longer and also squirming around more, he might roll himself off the edge.

I can’t believe he will be 4 months old on Friday, he really is growing up so fast.  I’m afraid to blink or else I might miss something.

Day 116

We visited Mt. Tam this afternoon for a friend’s birthday picnic.  It was cold and foggy in San Francisco but the vista point we were at on Mt. Tam was warm and sunny… but also a bit windy.  Simon was a little bit cranky while we were there so didn’t get a really good picture of him.

He may have been too warm but we can’t really know.  He surprised us by quieting down as we were packing up to leave, like he knew he was going home.  As you may be able to see, we’re at a point above the clouds.  A beautiful place to have a picnic!