Our week was much smoother than last week. I realized a couple of things in the course of the week. The first is that Silas needs longer wake-time (the time between naps). We've bumped him up to 1 1/2 hours between most of his naps. This led to him napping longer too. The second thing I learned was that Silas wasn't waking from naps because he was hungry, he was waking because he had too short of wake-time. No wonder he acted so frustrated when I kept trying and trying to get him to take full feedings. In actuality, he wasn't hungry enough for a full feeding! He's now doing much better eating, and it's so fun to have him awake longer. Because, really, who can get enough of this face:
Our big news this week is that Silas ROLLED OVER onto his tummy! Amos started by rolling onto his back, so I fully expected Silas to do the same. To my delight, he learned his tummy first. He still hasn't rolled onto his back yet, but I'm OK with that not happening anytime soon. I dread the sleep disruptions that will be caused by that skill.
I thought that he was just going to be content to lay on his back and watch the world pass by him. He changed my thinking this week. He was pushing out of his bouncer, dancing in his exesaucer, rolling over, and wanting to sit on his own. He's figuring out how to make his body work for him instead of against him by hitting himself in the face.
With this nice weather, he spent some time outside this week and doesn't appear to have the aversion to the sun that Amos had for the first half of his life (he's completely over it now). And he sure makes a cute Teddy Bear.
7:00 -- wake up feeding
8:05 -- nap
10:30 -- feed
11:45 -- nap
1:30 -- feed
3:00 -- nap
4:30 -- feed
6:00 -- nap
7:00 -- bedtime feeding
This definitely still fluctuates, but it's the goal.
And here's Amos at the same age:
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