Time keeps passing and I have documented little about our smallest man in the house. He is the stereotypical 3rd child I guess! Toby is a sweet little boy who has a great set of lungs ;) ! I'd be lying if I said I thought he "rarely cried" because sometimes I feel like he cries a lot, and other times, he only fusses when tired. Russ likes to call him the little tea kettle...when he is hungry or mad, he starts out with a whimper and within a matter of what seems like seconds is into a full blown scream! I feel like I don't give him enough credit, however, because he is a good baby overall. After all, babies cry! As he gets older, he is having longer stretches of entertaining himself. Last night he played on his playmat for almost a good hour before I moved him to his chair to watch us as we ate dinner. He is really into looking at his hands now...they are VERY interesting! He enjoys riding in the car...as long as it is moving...the boy loves motion! I always say this is all my fault that my kids like to move all the time because I never sit still, so they are used to it from the womb! Especially Toby since I was constantly walking and not sitting at a desk at work this pregnancy. Toby has always held his head up well when we are holding him, and now he is doing really well at tummy time. We have been working on this and making sure he moves his neck to the right. I had noticed during tummy time when Toby was a little over a month old that his head seemed to be flatter on one side than the other. I brought it up to the doctor at his 2 month checkup and we talked about how he turned his head to the left. This was beginning to make his skull shift as the bones are still soft and moving. She said the head shape was completely correctable without necessarily needing a helmet and to try to take the pressure off of the left side of his head and turn his head to the right and put objects to his right as much as we could. Like a lightbulb turning on in my head, I remembered when giving birth the doctor first thought he was "sunny side up", but his head was actually twisted around! That probably explains the knot in the umbilical cord as well. Toby has a great smile and is talking and looking like he'll laugh a lot lately. He has been sleeping through the night for a couple of weeks now...since just before 10 weeks old. He had done it for a few nights around 9 weeks old then I noticed he was moving so much in the cradle that he ended up against the side of it, which was waking him up. I finally moved him to his own crib and he has done so much better. There have been a couple of nights that he has woken up around 4 AM; either because he leaked his diaper or he came unswaddled. He loves his miracle blanket and we still use it overnight and for some naps. I'm hesitant to stop the swaddling as I like my sleep!! He sleeps between the 8 o'clock and 10:30 feeding and I wake him up at 10:30 for his last "dream" feed of the night. I will soon start moving that time backwards, but for now I am enjoying my free time! Napping, on the other hand, is not the best. He likes to cat nap, but I know he is fully capable of sleeping longer. Usually naps are 30-45 minutes long. In his carrier or on my chest he can take a long one! I think it is the transition from the restful to active sleep state that gets him! I look forward to watching Toby grow and interact even more with his brothers. He gives them a big smile when they engage in conversation with him. Ryan especially loves him and asks where he is when he doesn't find him. Kyle is beginning to show more interest as well.
At his 2-month checkup, Toby's stats were as follows:
Weight: 14 lbs. 88th%
Height: 24.5" 98th%
Before he was 2 months, he was one month old, and his stats were as follows:
Weight: 10 lbs. 10 oz. 77th%
Height: 22.25" 87th%
Here are a few pictures of Toby over the months:
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| In his baptism gown |
