Our sporadic sleeper has finally settled into a good pattern. He lays day around 8:00pm -8:30pm and normally wakes around 3:00am -3:30am. He'll nurse and go back to sleep until around 7:00am - 7:30am. Lately he's been shifting to 5 or 5:30 am and then waking again at 8 or 8:30am. I like knowing when I lay down about what time he'll be waking instead of trying to guess about how much sleep I'll be getting. Since he's settled down at night he's become a sporadic napper during the day. Some days he may take a good three hour nap and then another smaller nap later on. But normally he cat naps and isn't very consistent. This is annoying when I'm trying to get school work done with the kids but good if we have errands to run since he doesn't need to be in his crib to sleep.
Shiloh is smiling more and more and is very happy first thing in the morning - just like Amos. I get the best smiles at 7:30 in the morning. He's laughed out loud twice. And it's been a job to get him to laugh those two times.
I believe he & I will both be glad when he finally learns to sit unassisted. He's constantly straining to sit straight up if I'm holding him in a reclining position. I guess there's just so much going on that he doesn't want to miss anything.
He's moved out of 0-3 month clothes and into 3-6 month. I can't believe how much he's grown in these three short months. I was nursing him the other day and looking at how much he's filled out. He's exciting and fun but sad all at the same time. I look forward to the days when he's more independent but it'll be sad that he's not a little bitty baby too.
The kids still adore him and hold him every chance they get. Now they join us in working to make him smile or laugh. Even Amos will sit and talk to him if he's starting to get fussy.
Other milestones have included finding his hands and soothing himself to sleep w/o a pacifier. He will suck on his fist with one hand and rub the back of his head with the other hand to comfort himself. I really need to get a video of him doing it b/c it's just too cute!
There are a ridiculous amount of pictures, but when there's this much cuteness and everyone is willing to pose it's hard to not take pictures!
