We bought Ben a Sing-a-ma-jig, which he loves, as well as this weird Cookie Monster toy.
Category Archives: Baby photos
Fun with carrots
Today we introduced carrots! He didn’t like them by themselves, but this evening I mixed them with his cereal and he liked them fine.
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- Blake’s friend Mike’s mom needlepointed this bib.
First meal
Last night Ben had his first meal: organic rice cereal. He was underwhelmed by the experience.
Because he is thin for his height, the doctor told us to start feeding him so he’ll get some in the morning at Ganny’s and some before bed. Scary that I’m in charge of someone else’s nutrition – I can’t even manage my own!
Weekend with the Shafers
I’m a week late posting these photos – sorry!
Last weekend, Ben got to meet his great grandparents Myrna and Shaf, or GGMa and GGPA as they called themselves, and got to spend some more time with grandpa Tim and uncle Brett. We all had a great time. We gave Myrna and Shaf a recordable story book for them to read and record and send back so Ben can be read to by them as long as the batteries last, and then for even longer once we change the batteries!
Bath time!
We have some baby hooded towels but Ben prefers the grown up ones for bath time! We bathe him Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He used to hate bath time but now he actually likes it. When we get him on the changing table to dress him, he kicks around and eats the towel. Kinda cute.
3 1/2 Months or so…
Ben’s doing great. He’s growing so fast. He’s staying about the same weight and not quite fitting into most 6 month sized clothes. He’s cute as can be and he’s more and more fun everyday.
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- Little man all spralled out
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- Playing on his first laptop
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- Interrupting him while he’s on his laptop
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- Playing with this car-spinny-toy thing at Grandmas
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- Bath time!
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- Johnny Jump Up!
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- Trying on a sailor hat from when daddy was a baby
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- Now the sailor hat looks cute, not ridiculous
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- Playing with his feet
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- Being loved on by Grandma Brenda
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- Playing with Grandma Brenda
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- Sleeping hugging his blankey
3 months!
He’s just over three months now. He’s definitely grown into himself. And he’s definitely teething! He’s drooling everywhere, chewing on everything, and you can kinda see the teeth coming. He’s starting to grow out of 3 month clothes but most 6 month clothes are too big, so his in a transition stage (just like mommy and her clothes!).
Milestones to date:
- He’s holding his head up perfect, as well as his entire upper body. {
- He rolls over from his stomach to his back.
- He’s putting a lot of weight on his feet; in fact, he’s enjoying trying to stand more than anything.
- He’s working on sitting up; he’s done the “tripod” thing where he leans forward while sitting and supports himself with his hands.
- He can play by himself.
- He responds to moving objects and sounds.
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- It’s true, she does.
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- Those are some strong upper body muscles for him only being 3 months!
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- Just so happy
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- Sexy pose! … that’s weird.
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- No problem holding his head up!
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- Happy monkey
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- In the Johnny Jump Up thingy Grandma bought him
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- Teething on the Johnny Jump Up thing Grandma got him
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- Driving his car
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- In his car thingy Grandma got him… he’s a little spoiled
12 Weeks
We’re all doing good here. Ben’s getting bigger and bigger – he’s now over 13 pounds. And he’s getting very expressive, laughing a lot and babbling. More and more fun really! He sleeps pretty good at night, but it depends on the night – some nights he can be really pukey or cranky.
Ben in the buff at 11 weeks
In trying to capture a photo to compare to the nakie Blakey photo in the previous post, we ended up with few of Ben’s hienie. Turns out, he likes being naked!
Like father like son
There’s no doubt that Ben looks like his dad:
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- Ben at 3ish months
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- Ben nakie at 3ish months
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- Blake at 3ish months
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- Blake nakie at 3ish months
Of course, that’s not a bad thing… he has my long finger toes so I guess I’m still represented there somewhere.