Good Morning Smile

Though I' a bit groggy when this happens before 6:00, my favorite part of the day with Dawson is what we call the "good morning smile." Dawson wakes up cooing then eventually gets bored or lonely enough that he starts crying to get our attention. When we go into his room and stick our faces in his crib, he lets loose with a smile that lights up the whole nursery. I LOVE that smile. It really is the best part of the day. I prefer however, to experience that part of the day as close to 7:00 as possible.

Some More Videos

Father's Day

We celebrated our first Father's Day. You can read about it here.

4 month checkup

Dawson got his 4 month checkup at the Doctor's office today. The Dr. told us just what we expected, that Dawson is doing great. We did talk about our two concerns: 1) his constant spitting up and 2) his flattening head.
1) If Dawson didn't spit up, he might be the easiest baby in the world. The Dr. put him on some medicine to counter the acid-reflux causing the spit up. But it's really just a convenience for us (less changing of clothes for all of us) because the spitting up isn't hurting Dawson and he's still growing fine.
2) We've gotta get Dawson more tummy time and get him to sleep on his right side, neither of which he really likes. The flatness should go away in a few years and it's nothing to worry about yet but we've gotta address it.

Dawson is 26 inches, which puts him in the 90th percentile for height and 14.5 lbs, which is the 50th percentile for weight.

Oh yeah, he also got his 4 month shots. While he didn't cry a lot at the time of the shots, he's been fussy all day because of the soreness.

Rolling Over

Ignoring his cries of protest, we've been giving Dawson some extended "tummy time" the past couple weeks. This morning at 6:30, Erin came into the bedroom very excited that the tummy time has paid off; Dawson rolled over from his belly to his back 5 times in a row! He'd been rolling over partway but never all the way over without any help.

Around 9:30 I put him on his belly hoping to see the same thing and all he did was cry in protest. After I picked him up, he screamed for about another half hour. So I guess I'll have to wait to see it for myself...

Three Months

Our little boy at three months...
-chews on his tongue when he is happy
-weighs 15 pounds
-looks really long
-tries to converse in his baby language of cooing and squawking when we talk to him
-kicks his feet when excited
-puts everything in his mouth
-holds tight to his burp cloths and Mommy's clothes
-grabs for toys like rattles
-loves to be on the floor under his octopus garden
-sits in his Bumbo chair
-is starting to like tummy time a bit more
-smiles and jabbers a lot when Mommy or Daddy come around
-relaxes when Mommy sings or sways with him in her arms
-likes to hear you say, "ACHOO" after he sneezes (he giggles)
-is spitting up a lot after he eats
-sleeps for 8-9 hours straight at night!!!
-naps for 2-3 hour stretches during the day
-eats 5 and 1/2 ounces of formula per feeding
-uses his binky less
-visited Grammie and Papa's farm in Iowa for the first time

A Twist of Fate

Dawson's Daddy figured out an interesting tidbit that would have made our family quite diffr=erent from now. Read more here: A Twist of Fate