Well, our little Finlee is already one month old. I don't want the time to speed by like this. It has been a fun, tiring, exciting, stressful, wonderful month of learning how to be parents. He really is a good baby, but he does have his funny quirks.
1. He hates anything cold touching his body which is hard here in Flagstaff. This includes wipes, hands, water, washcloths, clothes, blankets, etc. He kinda freaks out.
2. He loves eating. He has this funny cry/whine/hyperventilation sound before I feed him. And he scarfs it down.
3. He loves movement: walk in the stroller, car ride, bouncing in arms, swing, etc.
4. He has a funny sleeping pattern. He wants to be up with dad until dad goes to bed which is around 10 or 11, but then he'll sleep in until 10 or 11 some days. This does include waking up every 2-4 hours to eat but he goes right back down.
5. He loves white noise. We use a sound machine at night, and now we have found nap time goes better if that is on too. Or when he is crying if you shush really loud in his ear he stops instantly. And he loves when he is in the front room and the heater goes on because there is a large vent in there. The blow dryer is our saving grace during bath time.
6. He loves time with dad: when dad talks to him, sings to him, dances or bounces with him, reads him books (especially the Japanese books), sleeping on his chest, or just plain being in his arms.
These are just a few things that we have found with this little boy. We still are learning new things with him and loving every moment.
He is so funny!
Are you going for a bilingual child? I would love it if he started out with Japanese and English words!
ReplyDeleteI love these pictures even more knowing that he is just listening intently to a blow dryer, that is awesome! He really is just the cutest thing and he already looks older than from when I was out there.
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