Smiling, Sleeping, Learning, Tummy Time
Posted on | September 28, 2009 | 3 Comments
You know .. I have no idea what this Colic is about. I have no idea why it seems my son is “good” with other people, but screams his head off with me. I’m told it’s the way all kids are because they are more comfortable with being uncomfortable with their parents. Ok, whatever. I guess that’s understandable, but it doesn’t make the crying any easier to deal with. Sometimes I feel I’m going to lose my mind, though don’t get me wrong, I’m no where close to hurting my son.
I stress it. I dread it. I get frustrated with it, but I swear all of that goes away the minute my son looks lovingly into my eyes and gives me the biggest smile ever. It all goes away when he sees me and gets so excited that he squeals, laughs, giggles and tells me all about his day in baby jibberish. God, I love him. I honestly feel like the luckiest woman in the world with the greatest son ever. I’ve never been so proud of anything in my life.
Just a little smile is all it takes for me to remember why I’m doing this, why I’m here, why everything is worth it.
I’m also overwhelmed with pride and happiness because last night, for the first time ever, my little baby slept 10 hours straight!! I’m so ecstatic. I’ve been noticing that lately his sleeping schedule has been getting a little more consistent .. during the day he seems to sleep so lightly, and I suppose that’s napping, but at nights he sleeps longer periods of time and has been pretty easy to put back to sleep when he does wake up allowing me to get a little more rest. You have no idea how ecstatic I feel right now.
Lastly, I’m seeing great improvements in his tummy time and ability to hold his head up. Yes, he’s still bobble headed but he can hold his noggin up and keep it up for long periods of time even though it bops about. I plan to work with him more on his stomach if he will allow me, so I can get him to roll easier and also I’m thinking of bringing out flash cards sometime next month. None of the “Your Baby Can Read” bs, but I think it would be beneficial to introduce numbers and letters to him.
Has anyone else started their baby off to learning when they were only a few months old? How far did you go as far as how many letters and numbers to introduce at a time and how long before you moved on to more? Did it really help your baby learn faster?
Tags: biracial baby pictures > colic > cosleeping > infant learning > infant sleeping pattern
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September 28th, 2009 @ 3:57 pm
I’m sure it couldn’t hurt to introduce him to those things, but at this point I think babies are jsut learning how to process the endless stream of stimulation around them. It will come, naturally. Really. He’ll pick up on so, so, so much over the next year, and then he’ll slowly be interested in learning more specific things. It all just clicks when the time is right and the opportunities are available.
Reading with him is definitely, positively, absolutely beneficial at this age (and every age). Just hearing the different words and sounds and the time you spend together will pay off for sure.
By the way, that baby is SOOOOO freaking cute. I love the smile.
And congrats on the 10 hours. I’m hoping you’ll get more of that.
September 28th, 2009 @ 8:08 pm
That’s a great idea, Heather. I keep forgetting to get him books that I can read to him. I was holding him last night while wanting to read American Psycho., so I read aloud the tame pages but I don’t think he was feeling it lol.
I always heard baby needed to be introduced to letters and numbers at around 3 months but you make a great point.
Thanks for the compliments
September 30th, 2009 @ 9:33 am
I used to read random books and magazines to Aubs just bc I felt like it was too quiet around the house. LOL. Those are good memories now.