Silas John - Week 13

We move from newborn to baby this week.  Can't believe it happened so fast.  And, I kind of fell off the bandwagon with pictures this week.  I promise to do better.

I've been saying for a while now that Silas has been congested.  It finally progressed enough last weekend (Silas would cry if he was awake and not eat well, not to mention a terrible sounding cough) that we took him to the doctor's office on Monday.  Luckily it wasn't a serious cough aka moved to his chest, and this week, he's be on the mend.  He's gone back to eating longer and sleeping better.  He's still coughing quite a bit, but it doesn't seem to bother him like it did.

Due to being sick, he's sleeping in his rock and play which keeps him in a more elevated position.   He's started doing this interesting thing where he just makes the sucking motion with his lips like he's sucking his thumb, but he's only sucking air.  It seems to soothe him back to sleep if he's woken from coughing.  Once he's not swaddled, he may take after his brother and be a thumb sucker.

Speaking of sleep, after waking up at 5 am one morning and then 4 am the next, I heard him at 3 am the following day, and knew we were starting a terrible trend.  I decided it was time for a little cry it out.  So I took my pillow out to the couch - in order not to wake up Jason - and listened to Silas cry.  To my surprise, he cried for 15 minutes, then whimpered for 15 more minutes, then fell asleep.  He slept for 5 more hours and woke up at 8 am!?!?!?  And he's been sleeping 10 1/2 hours since then!

We've given up on the bottle for the time being.  We don't have anything coming up where he has to take a bottle so I'm hoping a little bit of rest from it will help him be ready to take it again.  I've got a lot of milk stored up, so I hope so.

Also, if you missed it, we started cloth diapers this week!  I had been given so many diapers, that I was just putting it off, but all the disposable diaper explosions reminded me why I like cloth so much.  We haven't had one since.  Silas doesn't seem to mind the change at all.  And with him being the second child to use the diapers, it's like we're diapering for free!! And I love FREE!

His skin has really cleared up this week.  I don't know if its just due to the magical 3 month move from newborn to baby, or what.  But he had several dry patches on his arms and legs that are gone for now and I only occasionally have to put stuff on his face.  Also, his cradle cap seems to be gone.  Three months is really a game changer.

He's much more vocal this week.  He'll talk to his hands, hanging toys, Amos or anyone who's holding him.  I'll hear him and think he's getting fussy, but look and see him smiling really big, just carrying on. He makes an actually cooing noise when he talks too.  They are so precious.  I think he carries on more than Amos did at that age.  Amos was much more interested in all things physical - rolling, sitting or standing.  Silas could care less about mastering those at this point.

Amos loves Silas.  I know because Amos loves to give him kisses.  He loves to tell Silas bye when Silas goes down for naps, and he loves when Silas "waves" back.  He asks where Silas is when he wakes up from his naps.  He is more willing to share his toys with him.  He'll sing him a song or read him a book.  If I want to get Amos to do something, (i.e. jump) I'll ask him to show Silas how to jump and he's much more apt to do it then if he were just doing it for me.  He's already a good BIG brother!

Speaking of Amos, here he was at 13 weeks!

Silas John - Week 10

Silas busted out one of his new Christmas gifts this week too, the activity gym.  He loves that thing.

He's happy for his entire "wake" time on his stomach or on his back.  At the top, there's a mirror and he'll just smile and coo at himself.  Of course, Amos wants to be part of the action too.

Speaking of "wake" time, he's camping at about 50 minutes before he's ready for his next nap.  He's pretty content anywhere.  At first, we though he was not going to be a tummy time guy, but the more we put him on it, the better he is getting!  He's doing a great job holding up his head.

Something else he really enjoys is his bath.  Amos tolerated bath time, but Silas really appreciates it.  He relaxes completely in the water and coos up a storm while he's in his bath.  This differs from Amos who would hold his hands and feet out of the water as long as he could.

A couple of "firsts" this week:
1.  He's started to wake from some of his naps happy, instead of immediately demanding food.  He'll just lie in there "talking" for a short bit and then he demands food.

2.  He finally took a bottle.  I didn't have any reason to give him a bottle early, so I held off.  Amos had no problem adjusting to the bottle, so I guess I just didn't think about it.  However, my birthday is this week and we're going out on our first date.  Good thing I thought to try it out first, because the first time was a complete FAIL.  He's gotten better and better, and finally can drink the whole thing.

3.  He slept 10 1/2 hours one night.  This isn't consistent, but I usually get around 8 hrs, so I can't complain.

4.  He got his first cold and still has it.  Mid-week he started waking early from naps and wasn't sleeping as well at night.  At first, I thought it was a growth spurt, but was quickly followed by a congested cough and stopped up nose.  He's been coughing ever since.  Luckily, a fever hasn't accompanied it.  I hope it goes away soon.  If not, we're headed to the doctor on Wednesday for his two month check up.

He's got some pretty crazy hair staying around.  Anytime it's wet, it really curls up.  Plus he's got lots of new growth.  Check it out.

Here's the link to Amos at this age as well as his weekly picture below.