Movin'

Jonah is on the move! We can't leave him alone on a blanket anymore. If we leave the room for even two seconds, he makes his move. He rolls as fast as he can (and he's getting faster) until he hits some type of barrier, like a chair. He can roll both ways now, so their are endless options. When he stops rolling, he stuff anything he can get his hands onto into his mouth. Last night he was making out with the corner of the chair until I moved him. Though this video doesn't show his rolling skills, it does give a picture of where he's off to.

Jonah is also working REALLY hard on sitting up like a big boy. He likes the sitting position. His core is getting stronger and it won't be too much longer before he can hold himself in the sitting position all on his own.

When Cairo and Xander are bust yelling and screaming and having fun, Jonah doesn't want to be left out. He's been working on his screech quite a bit lately. When he is next to you and decides to scream he really gets your ear drums vibrating.

Jonah is also moving up with his food. Lately, he as had been really interested in our food and intently watching us eat. A few days ago I decided that it was time to introduce him to solids. For the first two days he got rice cereal and gobbled it down. Next, I introduced him to apples. He really gobbled that down. It takes a few bites to get started, but Jonah eats like a champ and spits very little out. He turns his little motor on and hums "mmmm" while eating each bite. Jonah is doing a much better job than Cairo of figuring out solids.


For the past several weeks Jonah has been waking us up in the night to eat and play. It has now become a habit... a habit I want to break. For the last two nights I've let him squawk in his crib. He doesn't really cry in the night to be picked up; rather, it's as if he is saying:

"Hey, hey you mom! Come and get me.

Now Mom!

Come on, I want you!

Here I am, still waiting!

Dare you make me wait! This is unacceptable!

Moooooooommmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyy!"

The first night he did this at 4:00 for about 25 minutes and then fell asleep. Unlucky for us, our fears and reason for putting this off were realized when Cairo woke up and wanted to play. We convinced her to go back to sleep in our bed and, even luckier for me, she fell asleep on my head. That was comfortable. This past night, Jonah woke up at 5:30 (and woke Cairo up again), squawked for a few minutes and fell asleep again before I have a chance to pick him up. We will see what tomorrow brings.... hopefully this solid food will work its magic and hold him off through the night.