Tummy time turned nap time....
Awake for Stephine & Erin!
Trying to get a smile shot...
Breakfast with Grandpa
Bath time - he loves it!
Swing time is finally getting to be a little more fun.
Bella wants to know why Chase won't play!
This is the overpriced contraption designed to help him sleep...let's hope so or I'll just have another item for my future baby garage sale!
Life in the world of Chase has definitely had a breakthrough this week....HIS FIRST SMILE!!!! I so wish I could get it on camera, but it is a little hard to catch. We now have official smiles in both the morning and evening - times when he is most awake. His first smile came about without true recognition. On Thursday when we were having our morning talk and kiss time (an every morning ritual for us, I like to discuss our very important day ahead with him and ask him how many kisses he would like on that particular morning, and then I make up a number that I think he would like and smother him)...on about kiss number 8, I got a smirk out of him...a real live smirk that felt like more than a gassy little smile. There was something else to it, and it was an amazing feeling. But, I still could not be 100% SURE that it was a smile and not just the usual gas....those gassy smiles can be tricky!!! Anyway, on Saturday, Mike was trying to recreate the moment and...like magic...that sweet little smirky smile came out. Mike had the best way of recognizing that it was indeed a smile and not just gas - he said that you can "see it in his eyes." SO true - Chase's eyes really do light up when he is smiling and it just melts my heart (and of course Mike's too :)). Grandpa and Granny got to see the smiles last night too - he was happy as a clam and let us know it! It is such an amazing thing to know that the little guy is finally recognizing that there is a world around him and he can show his emotions through smiling!!!!
Other things that came about this week:
1. Chase got his first nail clipping (without tears or bleeding!)
2. He can now fit into some of his 3-6 month clothes, a good thing since his tiny little body is already too long for most of his 0-3 month clothes
3. He has already developed a liking for music in the car (Coldplay is his FAV!)
4. Dr. Carrie diagnosed Chase with reflux, same thing that us adults take ant-acids for, but much more painful in little ones.
5. He is still having a hell of a time sleeping on his back...new contraption for sleeping is pictured above, my fingers are crossed that it works).
uhhhmmm, I think Dr. Ang mentioned a relux diagnosis as well. :)
ReplyDelete