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?