Mr. Clean
Friday, May 27, 2005
Friday, May 20, 2005
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Bustin' loose
The stucco guys came and did their business a couple of weeks ago. They did a beautiful job and even threw in a free coat of Cottonwood-finish stucco on the DSL cable running along the back side of the house. Translation: the computer was on blocks for a while. But now we're back on the information superhighway in full effect, and there is much to tell about a certain young prince of Denmark.
Søren hit 3.5 months last saturday and he is truly bustin' loose in every possible way. He was about 25.5 inches long last time we measured him, and must be somewheres around 13.5 lbs. He's a lanky fella with an irresistable, big round head. Once the weather warmed up, we started dressing him up in his simulated real person outfits - i.e. madras shirts, jeans and warmup suits. But alas, he'd already outgrown a bunch of the sweet getups waiting in the drawer for the end of winter.
There are huge developments on the developmental scene. Søren is just starting to reach for things. He'll kind of swing his paw in the direction of the bad monkey, or a finger, or whatever it is he's after. If he makes contact, the fingers go into action. He's holding his head up well enough to put him face outward in the Baby Bjorn, which makes that contraption vastly more appealing to him and concomitantly more useful to us. We're supposed to put him on his stomach periodically to assist in strengthening his neck muscles. He abhors it, so we don't really have the stomach for more than a minute or two every now and then. The poor guy. His head will probably still be flopping around when he's two.
Perhaps the biggest development - Søren started sleeping through the night a few weeks ago. He usually checks out sometime between 8:30 and midnight, and goes off like a fine Swiss time piece at 5:30 a.m. EVERY morning (sometimes he's more like a fine $6 watch from China and wakes up around 3:30 a.m.). But, in any event, there's no more of the two-hour sleep and eat business. That is (h)uge news for Katherine.
Søren has a gift for elocution. He likes to hold forth on topics known only to him for 10 minutes at a time. He also started singing recently, and likes to sing along when I play guitar to him at bedtime. He particularly likes the maudlin 70's country songs ("Gentle on my mind" comes to mind) and West African jazz.
In short, our boy is transitioning from a newborn baby to a baby's baby, and is a blast pretty much all the time...except when he refuses to take a nap - which is a lot of the time - but he's still a blast even when he's crabby.
Out....
Søren hit 3.5 months last saturday and he is truly bustin' loose in every possible way. He was about 25.5 inches long last time we measured him, and must be somewheres around 13.5 lbs. He's a lanky fella with an irresistable, big round head. Once the weather warmed up, we started dressing him up in his simulated real person outfits - i.e. madras shirts, jeans and warmup suits. But alas, he'd already outgrown a bunch of the sweet getups waiting in the drawer for the end of winter.
There are huge developments on the developmental scene. Søren is just starting to reach for things. He'll kind of swing his paw in the direction of the bad monkey, or a finger, or whatever it is he's after. If he makes contact, the fingers go into action. He's holding his head up well enough to put him face outward in the Baby Bjorn, which makes that contraption vastly more appealing to him and concomitantly more useful to us. We're supposed to put him on his stomach periodically to assist in strengthening his neck muscles. He abhors it, so we don't really have the stomach for more than a minute or two every now and then. The poor guy. His head will probably still be flopping around when he's two.
Perhaps the biggest development - Søren started sleeping through the night a few weeks ago. He usually checks out sometime between 8:30 and midnight, and goes off like a fine Swiss time piece at 5:30 a.m. EVERY morning (sometimes he's more like a fine $6 watch from China and wakes up around 3:30 a.m.). But, in any event, there's no more of the two-hour sleep and eat business. That is (h)uge news for Katherine.
Søren has a gift for elocution. He likes to hold forth on topics known only to him for 10 minutes at a time. He also started singing recently, and likes to sing along when I play guitar to him at bedtime. He particularly likes the maudlin 70's country songs ("Gentle on my mind" comes to mind) and West African jazz.
In short, our boy is transitioning from a newborn baby to a baby's baby, and is a blast pretty much all the time...except when he refuses to take a nap - which is a lot of the time - but he's still a blast even when he's crabby.
Out....
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Thursday, April 21, 2005
current events
Soren will be 11 weeks old this Saturday. He weighs 11 lbs. 12 oz, and is 24 inches long. He's on Atkins and managed to gain a pound in seven days with the aid of his mother and a little bit of similac as a supplement.
We're seing a lot of new developments in Soren's motor skills. He's discovered his feet and hands and will flail his little jimmy arms in the direction of something or someone he wants to grasp. Occasionally, he'll reach right out and grab what he wants with very little groping about. He's also a big talker. When Katherine and I talk on the phone I can hear him in the background yelling at her or no one in particular.
We're thinking Soren is on the cusp of a new sleep routine. Last night, he slept from 10:30 pm to 7:30 am. He then arose for a morning ripaste and retired for another couple of hours. All told that's more sleep than Katherine has had in 11 weeks. Here's to the boy embracing sleep!
We're seing a lot of new developments in Soren's motor skills. He's discovered his feet and hands and will flail his little jimmy arms in the direction of something or someone he wants to grasp. Occasionally, he'll reach right out and grab what he wants with very little groping about. He's also a big talker. When Katherine and I talk on the phone I can hear him in the background yelling at her or no one in particular.
We're thinking Soren is on the cusp of a new sleep routine. Last night, he slept from 10:30 pm to 7:30 am. He then arose for a morning ripaste and retired for another couple of hours. All told that's more sleep than Katherine has had in 11 weeks. Here's to the boy embracing sleep!
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