First Time Mommy

I was anxiously waiting for the day when my baby would find his feet.  I would try to get him to play with them all the time with no success.  It seemed like he saw them of course…but just didn’t care enough to do anything about it.

Well, it seems he’s finally decided that toes are fun to play with after all!  If we have him in a sitting position he’ll often reach down and play with his toes.  It is amazing how long they hold his attention!  I wish that I had the attention span of a baby!

He tries to pull them up to his mouth even when he’s laying down.  He can’t quite get them there though.  I guess it’s a matter of developing some upper arm strength in order to be able to grasp them long enough.

All of these milestones lead me to believe that the old adage of “they grow up so fast” is true.  I can’t wait to see what he’s going to do next, but I find myself missing each stage as he moves to a new one.

I’m definitely not complaining as I love these new developments in my son. It used to be that he would sit contently in our laps for hours and hours just loving life and being a happy little guy.

Now that he’s two and a half months old, he wants to be doing *something* all the time. The trouble is, I haven’t quite figured out what that something is He’s a little young for most of his toys (though lately he’s taken to swatting the ladybug and chicken in his Fisher-Price Miracles & Milestones Pop Open Play Gym )

He’s been able to hold his head up for quite a while now, but he doesn’t seem to be interested in bouncing in his jumperoo yet, and he is starting HATE tummy time. He’s just very in between stages right now where he knows there are things he’s rather be doing.

My husband mentioned to me last week “maybe he doesn’t want to be held all of the time” Of course, having read every book I could get my hands on, I believed that newborns were to be held as much as possible for the first months of life.

I still believe that theory (that it aids in their stimulation and development to be held…see my article at Associated Content:Reduce Your Baby’s Constant Crying with Constant Contact” ). However, I must say that sometimes when the litte man cries and we put him in his play gym or *occasionally* his jumperoo, he stops and smiles. And he’s started smiling when we put him on his pack and play to change his diaper. Maybe he does want to be put down sometimes?

I hold him basically all day long, until he seems to get bored with me. I believe I’m helping his development and attachment by doing so, but I suppose I will have to admit that he does like to do other things, *occasionally*

When did you start noticing your baby was *moving on*?