As the title says, we are getting into a routine. It's nice because it offers some predictability. Owen continues to mature and grow each day. It's fascinating to watch. This week, we introduced a bottle (filled with expressed breast milk) which he attacks each time he gets it. At this point, it's just one feeding a day, though some days he doesn't get enough from the bottle and still feeds for quite a while on the breast. We also introduced a 'plug' this week. He'll suck on it for a little bit, then spit it out and be fine. Yesterday he almost managed to get it back into his mouth on his own! I was amazed. He's a pretty smart little bugger. One of his favorite places to be is in his bouncy chair. He's even managed to get the music started on his own a couple of times by pulling on one of the fishies that hangs down.
We are still awakened by him only once or twice at night, which is a real blessing. As of last night, we are officially shieldless on all feedings! (I was using the shield at night just to save myself a little bit of pain. I'm getting tougher. The latch-on is still pretty painful, but once he gets going, it doesn't hurt, unless he decides to bite down.
Speaking of biting down, it's my turn to bite down on some food. Hope you enjoy the pictures. As the caption on one of them says, he's three weeks old in both of them.
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Owen's Growning Vocabulary
Spoken words:
mama, dada, mommy, daddy, max, kitty, cat, dog, all done, gramma, papa, dude, please, bye-bye, hi, hello, hi there, water, hot dog, night-night, there, right there, book, read, truck, Isabella, Katie, Greggy, Mikey, Austin, Scott, Dan, Cissy, Nick, pbj, milk, (ba)nana, apple, baby, belly button (sounds like baby...), Wiggles, wake up Jeff! (really unintelligible, but he's consistent in what he says so...), ahoy, uh-oh, potty, uh-huh, no, diaper, yippee!!, teddy, choo-choo, car/truck sound, yummy-yummy (numma-numma), did it!, do it, more, that, two, three, bubbles, fishie, la-la-la, backpack, duck, ball, wipes, max, hat, eat, bear, this, a, the
and the list keeps growing...
Animal Sounds:
dog (different sounds for big and little dogs!), cat, cow, horse, sheep, duck (though he sometimes confuses it with a rooster...), rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger/lion/bear (anything that roars)
Signs:
eat/food, please, thank you, milk, apple, water, more, fishie, all done
Favorite Songs:
Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (Wiggles song), Hot Potato (Wiggles song), Monkey Dance (Wiggles song), Twinkle Twinkle (can sing "how I wonder" and "up above the"), ABCs (knows "w"), Old MacDonald (sings "E-I-E-I-O" unprompted and will do the animal sounds with prompts)
mama, dada, mommy, daddy, max, kitty, cat, dog, all done, gramma, papa, dude, please, bye-bye, hi, hello, hi there, water, hot dog, night-night, there, right there, book, read, truck, Isabella, Katie, Greggy, Mikey, Austin, Scott, Dan, Cissy, Nick, pbj, milk, (ba)nana, apple, baby, belly button (sounds like baby...), Wiggles, wake up Jeff! (really unintelligible, but he's consistent in what he says so...), ahoy, uh-oh, potty, uh-huh, no, diaper, yippee!!, teddy, choo-choo, car/truck sound, yummy-yummy (numma-numma), did it!, do it, more, that, two, three, bubbles, fishie, la-la-la, backpack, duck, ball, wipes, max, hat, eat, bear, this, a, the
and the list keeps growing...
Animal Sounds:
dog (different sounds for big and little dogs!), cat, cow, horse, sheep, duck (though he sometimes confuses it with a rooster...), rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger/lion/bear (anything that roars)
Signs:
eat/food, please, thank you, milk, apple, water, more, fishie, all done
Favorite Songs:
Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (Wiggles song), Hot Potato (Wiggles song), Monkey Dance (Wiggles song), Twinkle Twinkle (can sing "how I wonder" and "up above the"), ABCs (knows "w"), Old MacDonald (sings "E-I-E-I-O" unprompted and will do the animal sounds with prompts)
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