Nicholas is now nearly 16 weeks and weighed 6.4kg at his vaccinations yesterday. I am so pleased we can have a break from those for a while. His next injections are only at 9 months.
I think we are out of the survival (eat / sleep / poop) mode and we now have more awake time to play which is a lot of fun.
Every day 
I put him on his tummy for a bit and we practice rolling over. What is exciting is seeing his head pop up. He can look around and get a better view. His head is getting so strong he waves it around and uses this weight as well to roll over. Even when he is in my arms he moves that head. It is as if he just wants to go go go and I am sure he is going to love crawling and more movement when he is able.
He is grabbing things! He grabs my top and blankets nearby. He also likes the giraffe my mom in law gave because its arms are thin and just right for holding onto.
I am singing songs to him. Of course he doesn’t understand but he loves the actions. For instance if I do the “Ten little monkeys jumping on the bed” and make his legs go up and down for the jumping, and touch his head for the head part, he laughs like anything. I knew being a preschool teacher would come in handy!
Having more awake time sometimes means he is still wide awake when we go to bed, and the normal nursing trick doesn’t work. Last night was so funny, I was so frustrated I asked my DH for ideas. Sure enough he gets out the iPad and googles “counting sheep” videos. I’m serious. There we sit watching sheep and Nicky stared at them, fascinated. Well at least it calmed him down and we could feed him again.
Ahh he is such a cutie pie!
Sounds like he is doing really well with rolling and tummy time. Kyra hates tummy time and rolls onto her back the minute you put her down. And of course does not roll back. Lazy bum she is. Your little def does not have that problem, looks perfectly happy on his tummy.
Actually to be truthful he isn’t always keen. And a lot of the time I can’t bear to see him struggle so I help him. I think this ability to hold his head up like that is new, so that’s why he was smiling.
He just gets cuter by the day, doesn’t he? So sweet. Ike hates tummy time, I’m afraid I need to get better at helping him get more time on his belly or he’ll be one of those babies that skips crawling – not ideal! He doesn’t seem to be anywhere near rolling, either, but I suppose he’s got a few more weeks before it’s his time. I know the feeling of resorting to screen time – I feel guilty, but I have totally turned his swing toward the TV once (cooking shows on PBS/Create) when it was approaching midnight and he was still screaming despite being dry and full, knowing he’d zone out and start snoozing! Great idea for counting sheep!
Oh he is so adorable and sounds like you are all doing so well. It’s so much fun when you get out of that survival mode – so very happy for all three of you!
He’s adorable. Sounds like you are all in a wonderful space 🙂
Wow, how can he be 4 months already. Time sure goes by quite fast! He is such a cute baby, glad all is going well for you.
So sweet, he’s growing fast!
A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. 😀 😀