Caleb's been sleeping on his stomach for a couple of weeks now. For the most part, we lay him down for the night or for naps, and he's on his back. Sometimes he curls onto his side, but especially after his bedtime feeding, he just lays there on his back passed out. During the night, however, he apparently goes all over the place in his crip, because he's almost never near where he started when we put him to bed. Today, he's flipped over, at the opposite end, facing the opposite way. Nighttime traveler.
He's still sleeping through the night (usually a little after 9pm until 8am or 9am). He's not napping as much during the day, however.
His laughter is contagious. He will just look at you from across the room, smile, make little sounds. But when he really gets laughing, you feel like it's so genuine, like you've almost never really heard someone laugh so sincerely in your whole life.
Caleb's days haven't changed a lot...it's still pretty boring most days, because I'm working during the day and he's entertaining himself a lot of the time.
Well, I say boring, but maybe he's having the time of his life. He's got the world's most toy-overloaded "Exer-Saucer" and he spends a good bit of time in that. It has a little seat that he can sit/stand in, and he just spins around looking at the different toys to pull on, push on, spin, etc. There are about 9 or 10 different things on there that make sounds and/or music, so it can get pretty noisy when he starts getting excited. He also still fits (barely, it seems) in his bouncer, so he spends a lot of time in there, too. That's usually where he goes after feedings, since it presents the lowest likelihood of causing him to spit up.
He hasn't spent a lot of time in the swing, but he is getting more mileage out of his pack 'n play. There are a bunch of toys in there that he can throw around and play with, but he will usually fall asleep within a half hour or so.
His bottom two teeth came in a little over a month ago (which is a little bit soon) and his top two teeth are popping in, causing him no small amount of pain - which, typically, is indicated by much screaming.
He has been holding his own bottle for a couple of months now, but the last week or so, he has started getting more frantic during feedings. He doesn't usually drop the bottle, but he's playing with it more than anything. We have little plastic liners that go inside the bottle (which isn't really a bottle at all, since the bottom is opened and it would never hold a liquid without the liner in it). He likes to reach to the end of the bottle and squeeze the liner excess repetitively. It's very systematic, he does it shortly after he starts feeding and squeezes it 5 or 6 times. I guess it's soothing or something, like popping the little packaging things with your fingers. But he only does it at the beginning, never at the end. Maybe he's just trying to gauge exactly how much food to expect. He is a genius baby, as you know.
That's the update for now...sorry for the lack of zany commentary. It's been a while since I posted on here at all, so I figured it would be more appropriate to just tell everyone the facts. Maybe if we're all lucky, I'll be posting again sooner rather than later, and we can let the crazy commentary resume.
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