Bradley is 3 months old now. It seems strange to think back on being pregnant and not knowing him yet; like that was never the case. I cant imagine life without him anymore. With all the frustrations a newborn can bring, Scott and I have been extremely lucky in Bradley. He is a really good baby. His biggest "problem" is that he wants to be held a lot. Um, no problem there for me! I love that little guy and could hold him all of the time. When he was in his first month, he didn't want to sleep on his own, ever. He wanted to be held and be close to us. This meant that we had to co-sleep in order to get any shut eye. I don't necessarily agree with this method as it can be dangerous to the baby because of SIDS but I tried to be careful and break him of this habit during the day when I had the time and patience. I put him in his crib for naps and gradually he started taking naps on his own without being held for short periods of time. I never wanted to rock him to sleep as he would get used to it and wouldn't be able to fall asleep on his own, but I will hold him while he gets more and more sleepy before I put him down. Now, he is a champ and will fall asleep on his own. He sleeps 100% in his crib with the occasional nap in his swing. I knew that we would get to this point but it was hard to imagine at the time he was sleeping with me nightly. Now, we just need him to sleep for longer periods of time because he isn't sleeping through the night yet. He gives me about 3 hours of solid sleep on average with the occasional 5-6 straight hours every couple weeks. I am not complaining though as he is at least on his own at night.
It is also hard to imagine the little body that needed so much support when right now he is next to me playing in his stand up jumparoo holding his head up and grabbing at toys. I hate to be cliche but he is growing up so fast. He was rolling over onto his back at 6 weeks and has been trying to stand up (with assistance of course) for about a month now. I wonder though if he was just proving to me that he could roll over because he did it early on and then stopped completely. Now when I put him on his belly he will hold his head up and look around for a couple of minutes and then lay his head down on his hands and suck his fingers contently. I keep putting him on his belly in hopes that he remembers that he is supposed to roll over but I think he just doesn't mind laying on his stomach. Maybe he will be a stomach sleeper like both Scott and myself...
All of the things that an expectant mother wonders about their unborn baby seem to melt away once he/she is born. He has my mouth, Scott's eyes, and is bald like I was; but what about eye color? Babies are born with blue eyes and they will change over the next couple of years into their true color. I had always expected a brown hair, brown eyed baby because both Scott and I are dark but Bradley's eyes are a really pretty shade of blue right now with just one stripe of brown that has been there almost from the first. When the brown stripe appeared I figured it would keep getting bigger and bigger until he had brown eyes but it hasn't changed in the last 2 1/2 months. I am still pretty sure he will have brown eyes but it is hard to imagine him any different than he is right now. I am just enjoying snapping photos of his blues eyes and brown stripe for the time being.
I have a great son and I couldn't imagine him any different. He is perfect to me and I love being a mom. It is certainly easy to love him. Now, without further ado I present the video I made for his 3 month birthday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafMJEm4Tgo&feature=channel_page
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