Week Thirty One Glance...

Week Thirty One: Monday, October 22nd - Sunday, October 28th

• Alexander turned Seven Months on Monday
• Auntie Alyson turned 30 this week so we had a half day from school so we could spend the afternoon with her on her birthday. We walked around the new Natick Collection.
• Alyson, Grammie & Grampie came over Thursday night to celebrate Alyson's birthday (anyone want ice cream cake, we have plenty)
• Not crawling yet, but got up on all 4s and looked around as if he wasn't sure what to do and then got back onto his tummy
• Had a good week at school - played outside during the nice days, took decent naps, and played in the circle with the other babies
• Does very well playing with the other babies at school - however Ginny seems to make a bee-line for him everytime. She likes to steal his toys and I've even seen her grab at him and pull him down. She best watch out
• Still has yet to duplicate an outfit to school (I've picked out his clothes for the upcoming week and still new outfits)
• He had applesauce, carrots & prunes this week
• We tried pears and he seemed to really like them
• Loves to blow rasberries
• When changing him, he's getting really good at helping put his arms in his sleeves. And a few times he's even helped to get his shirt off around his neck. It's very cute
• Diaper rash seems to have come back on Friday - had a baking soda rinse
• Would go to bed around 7p - most nights he would fall asleep while eating but as soon as I put him in his crib he would wake up. Then he would lie in his crib and play with his pacifier until he fell asleep
• Still wakes up around 5am every morning and depending on the timing, we'll bring him in with us and he'll fall back to sleep until 5:45-6am. A couple mornings he woke up at 4:30 (like this morning)
• Had a runny nose and a cough all weekend
• Took a great 2 1/2 hour long nap on Saturday - this is great as he never naps that long at home!
• Played in his jumperoo and jumped and jumped and jumped
• Loves playing with his train and knows what button to push to turn it on
• Daddy put Alexander to bed Saturday night because Mommy went out for Alyson's birthday dinner with all of the Girls
• He was fussy going to bed for Daddy but finally settled down
• Got confused with daylight savings (our clocks are programmed and changed on us automatically - eek...)
• Was very fussy on Sunday... was very tired but didn't want to fall asleep, however when I put him down on the changing table he would close his eyes instantly. But if I picked him up to put him in his pack & play, he would wake up screaming. Finally he took a nap.
• Bumped his head on Mommy's knee and got a red mark on his cheek