Spun dry

 

A dinner nap

 

It's not like he has anything else he can do then.

5 months yesterday

I wouldn't mind rewinding to 4 months. He was sleeping through the night then. It seems like something's been bothering him lately, but it's often so ambiguous. Plus I can't imagine something bothering him for a month and yet having no other symptoms. Last night he seemed especially restless. We keep probing for teeth, and he happily chews on our fingers, but there's nothing yet.

Introducing the exersaucer

 

All that we need to do is change him and feed him a few times a day; the exersaucer will do the rest.

Zonked out

 

Happy floor time (plus feet)

 

Where'd everybody go?

 

Grandma the great

 

Mommy and Me

 

Or, J and the other K.

Stuck in the baby carrier

 

 

 

 

So much hair...

 

Tantalizingly close...

Laughing? Pooping?

 

You'll never know.

Rosy-cheeked after his bath

 

 

A chair for babies?

 

Now I've seen everything.

A happy little guy

 

First Documented Roll Over

I finally saw Kieran roll over this morning! We've found him on his belly numerous times but never actually witnessed him rolling over until now. He can do it!

Happiness is simultaneous naps

Kieran's schedule seems to be settling around a 3-nap day. He wakes up between 7:15am and 8:15am. The first nap comes pretty soon after, around 9am to 9:30am. That's a short one, with 45 minutes seeming to be just about right. He's awake from around 10am until 1pm, which is convenient for morning errands, except when he's in a car-hating mood.

In the early afternoon, he tends to take a longer nap, often 2 hours. Many times he'll wake up after 45 minutes, but he's not done; he just needs a little help to fall asleep. Nirvana is when that coincides with Uma's sole nap of the day. Then he's up from around 3pm until 5:30pm or 6pm, at which point he takes another short nap. With this one we'll wake him up after about 30 minutes, as longer naps delay his bed time.

Kieran hits the wall in the evening between 8:30pm and 9pm. There are often awakenings over the next couple of hours, especially if he's been lazy about nursing during the day. He can almost always be nursed or soothed back to sleep then. He's gotten in the habit of a 1am feeding, so that's a pretty regular waking, though he missed it last night. On nights where he wakes up a second time, it could be anytime between 3am and 6am, but those are hopefully a thing of the past.

I'll confess that sometimes we keep him up a little longer to get his naps to happen at more convenient times. It's easier with him because he doesn't tend to get super-grumpy when he's a little bit tired, and thus far we've been spared the exhausting wired-and-over-tired state.

Baby wrestling

 

Ambiguous eye color

 

NOM NOM NOM PILLOW NOM NOM

 

Anytime you're ready...

 

Another roll over?

I think he rolled over again. I wasn't watching. Uma noticed it first, but I'm not sure she didn't help.

Cross-eyed == Cute

 

Kieran discovers his feet

Kieran has found his feet, and they are good. He doesn't do much with them yet, but grabbing them seems like enough for now.

His schedule is slowly stabilizing. He seems to be settling on one shorter mid-morning nap, one longer afternoon nap, and one shorter nap in the early evening. Bedtime comes between 8:30pm and 9:00pm. Usually he wakes up at 1am to nurse, with another waking some nights. It doesn't look like he's going to go back to sleeping through the night anytime soon.

We've finally gotten in the habit of cleaning him on a regular basis. When he was younger, for a time we would go days without bathing him. Now we aim for and usually achieve a bath every day at 6pm. Uma helps.

Not sick of the play gym yet

 

After a wild night of too much drinking

 

Milk, of course.

Two-fisting

 

Hangin' with Ajoba

 

In which my dignity deserts me

4.28

Is that enough green for you?

 

The boy's eyes are still not exactly brown.

Entertaining the boy at lunch

 

Since he isn't entertained by food.

Whoa... there's that hand again

 

Playing with a special visitor

 

Cheery and blasé

 

Kieran trills and warbles

2.58

Shirley, you can't be serious!

 

Sitting up is at 6 months, Dad. Read a book.

 

Actually, I can do this. Sort of.

Over the top

 

Stand in the place where you are

 

Bad posture never tasted so good

 

Pull my finger

 

Wait till I get a diaper on you!

After a long bath

 

Young master dresses to the right

 

NOM NOM NOM NOM

 

 

What are you looking at? I can't NOM when you look at me like that.

Sluggish

 

Oh, great...

 

Shopping. Again.

 

Snnrrrrgggrrrgxnkzzz....

Uma's stand-up finds an appreciative audience

 

Restless

Something has changed in the last week, and our previously excellent sleeper has been less so. It wasn't the shots, as it started a few days before*. His daily naps hadn't been exactly regular, given the 3-year old ball of noise racing around. "Put your child down when he is drowsy but not asleep." Yeah, right. This week they've been even harder to get going. He's also been waking up 2 or more times most nights. Usually, it's just to nurse, but sometimes he needs more soothing. I hope it's just a transient, external (as opposed to psychological) issue like teething or a growth spurt. I needs my sleeps.

* Unless he is clairvoyant, which is always a possibility.

Aaji makes Kieran cry

 

 

Aaji makes Kieran laugh

 

Kieran plays on the floor

1.56



He usually likes my gibberish, I swear. He usually likes bouncing, too.

Faux hawk

 

4 month stats

Ok, so 4 months and 4 days.

15 lbs., 13 oz. - 75th percentile
25" - 50th percentile
43 cm head circumference - 70th percentile

He also got a hat trick of needle sticks.

At 4 months and 9 days, Uma was 14 lbs., 11 oz.; and 25". I didn't report her exact head circumference, but she was 75th percentile, so I assume her head was slightly bigger, although they may have a different set of numbers for girls.

Happy bouncer

 

Don't worry, Aaji, I've got this

 

Fear not, concerned Kieran watchers, that's still the real thing in the bottle.

Mmmmm.... Bunny

 

He is a happy, happy boy