Latest News on Baby Lee!!

13 Weeks (or 3 months old)!

It has been a really busy week for Lee. He is still eating 4-6oz. We tried to use stage 2 nipples, but he Lee just started wearing size 6-9 months in PJ's and 3-6 months in regular clothes this week also. Here are a few things he has started doing this week.

First, he is definately getting his 2 bottom teeth in. When my hands are anywhere near his head he is trying to chew on them. The past 2 days he has been fussy in the evening and when we give him teething tablets it pretty much stops. Last night he was able to fall asleep. Also, when I push down on his gums, I can feel them. It kinda stinks because he doesn't realize that he can chew on toys. I will put teething toys in his mouth and he just looks at me like "why is this in my mouth?". He does however put his hands in his mouth all the time and last Wednesday night, I caught him sucking his thumb while sleeping.

Lee loves laying on the floor now. If we put him on his tummy he will roll over onto his back so he can kick his feet up in the air. A few times he has grabbed onto them with his hands. When you change his diaper now, he will kick his feet up too. Then when he wants to go back to his tummy, he will roll over to his side and kick some more to try to get over onto his stomach. We have to help him do that though.

We have stopped wrapping him for the most part. His Grandma calls it his straight-jacket or his pappoos. Everytime she saw him in it she would try to take him out of it. When he gets really fussy, we will wrap him up in it... but it just seems like he is starting to outgrow it. Plus, with him chewing on his hands so much, I don't want to have them strapped to his side.

We have started Lee on 2 tsp of rice cereal at night in his bottle. So far I don't think he has noticed, but I wanted to start slow because the rice cereal can constipate babies, and I really am hoping not to have that effect by slowly introducing it. We will start spoon feeding next month. We got a booster/high chair seat for Lee when we do start spoon feeding. The picture above is the face he made when I first put him in there. Below is another one. He sits up really well in it, but it's a new feeling for him, so I'm not sure how he likes it.

Speaking of sitting up... whenever I put LJ on the couch to sit, he has started leaning forward on his own, which ends up with Lee face planted on the couch. Ha, ha... it's kinda funny and I laugh every time.

We have had TONS of smiles and a few giggles too!! I have even gotten a few with a my camera. He's getting so big and talking so much. He will carry on a conversation now and I have no clue what he is talking about!

Laying on his tummy!