Day 105

Simon with his friend Winnie the Pooh just chillin’ on the couch.

Simon says “I want to give Winnie a hug”…

Simon says “Wait, I changed my mind… I want to chew on your ear instead…”

Thank you to the Moon family for Simon’s new best friend.

Nap time today required wrapping Simon completely like a burrito.  He slept well for 2 hours.  Daddy Ron thought he was too fussy and this was the only way to get him calm enough for his nap.

Simon has gotten into the habit on holding on to us.  It’s usually onto our shirt… or in this case, my hair.

Here’s Simon all bundled up to go on our walk.  It’s a bit colder and windy today compared to the last few days.  Simon usually wears his cap with a bill but the wind sometimes blows it off.  So today I put on his aviator’s cap that we got from Ron’s former co-worker who lives in Germany.  It kind of makes him look bald but at least he is warm.

He got really fussy around 7:30pm when we were still on our walk and I tried to calm him by bouncing him and patting him on the back but it would only calm him for a minute before he would start fussing again.  Eventually I covered his head with a blanket and he fell asleep.  I guess there was just too much going on and he was over stimulated and couldn’t fall asleep.  But then he only napped for about the 15-20 minutes that it took for me to arrive home.

Last night was not a good night for him.  He went to bed a bit earlier than he usually does, he fell asleep at 7:30pm and didn’t wake up for his bath or an additional meal.  He ended up sleeping only 5 hours, waking up to eat and a diaper change, falling back asleep for another 3 hours, waking up to eat again, fell asleep for 30 minutes, woke up again to eat, then sleeping for another 2 hours.  By that time it was 7:30am so time for all of us to wake up for the day.  But he must not have had enough rest since he took a 2.5 hour nap this morning and the 2 hour nap when wrapped like a burrito.

We’ll see what he does tonight.  I hope he goes back to sleeping 8 hours again.  Saturday’s party probably really affected his sleep schedule.

Day 104

Simon says “HI!”

Simon is holding on a sock that has a rattle ladybug attached to it.  He won’t reach for toys himself much but if you place it into his hand, he’ll hold on and shake it for a while.

So he is learning how to use his hands and arms more.  I was taking a nap at the same time Simon was taking a nap.  I think Ron tried to use Winnie the Pooh as a barrier again but instead Simon gave him a BIG HUG!

It’ll be a happy day when Simon can hug us like this.

Simon had another good night’s sleep, 8 hours continuous, up at 5am, ate, then slept another 2.5 hours.

Day 103

I spent this afternoon away from Simon for my friend Kathleen’s bridal shower.  The host has a lovely home in the Los Altos Hills and they provided a delicious catered lunch and we enjoyed good conversation.  The most entertaining part of the afternoon was when the hostess’ and their friends created a “wedding dress” for Kathleen using the wrapping and tissue paper from her presents.  Two of us also helped to create a “bouquet” using a paper plate and the ribbons from her presents.  I guess I probably haven’t been to too many bridal showers as only recently have I heard of creating a bouquet from the ribbons and this was the first time I’ve seen a dress made from wrapping paper.  The aunties were very creative with the paper and made a pretty good looking dress and veil.  But I only have an ordinary clothing photo to show from the end of the party.  It was a beautiful warm day.

I got a chance to look at the photo CD I received from the restaurant yesterday and have one photo to share of our little family.

I forgot to share this photo yesterday so thought I’d cheat and do it today.  Simon and I still went for our walk in the evening and it never fails that he will fall asleep when we go into Old Navy.  I didn’t realize he fell asleep again until I caught a glimpse of him in the mirror.

I was wondering why people were smiling as they passed us… he looks totally konked out.

Since Simon’s been sleeping so well, I thought it’d be appropriate to share a picture of him after he fell asleep tonight.  Using Winnie the Pooh to keep him from using his right arm to pull out his pacifier no longer works as well so now we’ve resorted to wrapping his right arm in but keeping his left arm out.  He usually still likes to have one arm out because he’ll struggle if we wrap both arms.  He’s still able to get his arm out but it takes some effort so he is usually too tired to care for the moment.

He slept almost a continuous 9 hours last night but he did cry out twice during the first two hours but still seemed asleep.  He must of have had a really bad dream but was too tired to wake up.  Poor little man was probably completely exhausted after not napping well all day.

Day 101

Simon with a crossed eye, slightly PO’d look.  He had just woken up from a nap and wasn’t quite awake yet so didn’t really know what was going on.

Simon is going through bibs quickly with his increasing drool.  He ends up soaking through the bib and then through his shirt.  It might be causing the rash he has on this chest so tomorrow we have to make sure to put him in a bib that has a plastic backing so that it won’t soak through his shirt.  He loves blowing bubbles! and talking all the while.

We went out all afternoon since it was a beautiful day in San Francisco.  I was carrying him in the Baby Bjorn and took a rest at Starbucks and after a few minutes, he started to cry.  As soon as I went outside into the sun, he would stop and start smiling again.  I tested it a few times and he would cry inside Starbucks and immediately stop when outside.  I wonder if it’s the coffee smells, the noises, or the temperature (the AC was on so cooler inside)?

Sleeping update: 8 hours and 45 minutes!  Woke up at 6am, drank 130 ml (~4 oz) milk and went back to sleep for another 2 hours and 20 minutes!