My baby is growing up fast! Eli has changed so much. He is developing his own unique look and not a twin of James. We are getting to know his sweet and sensitive personality and love him more every day. Eli is quite the mommy's boy. I always thought James was, but Eli is 10x what James every was/is. Eli has to be just fed/woken up to be held by anyone besides me. He gets a quiver lip and breaks down in tears pretty quick if it's anyone else. Mike can hold him sometimes, but if he needs anything there is no calming him down without me. It's really sweet actually, although a little tiring! Eli is also quite the talker. Wow, James and Eli are going to have to fight each other to get a word in. Eli loves to laugh and gets a good belly laugh going too.
What else he's up to:
-Eating every 2-3 hours. He has a lot of body to fill up!
-Finally has a nap schedule. Takes 3 naps a day, sometimes he needs an extra before bed but I try to hold off! He is sleeping about 6 hours at night before he wakes up to eat.
-Talks non-stop and gets pretty loud!
-Loves to be swaddled still. He actually laughs when he's being wrapped up because he's so excited to get wrapped up and go to sleep. It's funny!
-Reaching for toys. loves his play mat!
-Kicks with his legs and moves himself around, lifts his butt off the ground. He moves himself off the play mat.
-Loves to watch James. He follows him around the room and smiles and laughs at him. Melts my heart.
-Still doing well with tummy time, but not rolling over much yet. When I took him in for his 4 month appt I talked to his doctor about his head forming a flat spot and how he really prefers to look to the right over the left side. He said it's called torticollis, a congenital stiff neck muscle, which also makes it more difficult to roll over. About a month ago I noticed all of this so I researched it (of course) and found some exercises to do to stretch the muscle. I did them pretty half heartedly but thought I noticed a difference in him looking to the left more so I quit (it's not fun pushing his face to the left and making him cry!) plus I didn't really know how often or much I should push it. So I was happy when the pediatrician referred us to a ped. physical therapist. So we go next Tuesday (8/14/12). I am anxious because I just want to get a few answers. I hate laying him down because I don't want his head to get flatter! So if you could pray for him that would be appreciated!
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