15 Weeks Old!

Bear is now 15 weeks old!

Developments: He is now cooing and talking all by himself. He will coo and talk in his bassinet and carseat even if no one is talking to him or playing with him. He loves to play and bounce around. He is starting to grab toys that are in his lap and put them in his mouth. His hands are also now ALWAYS in his mouth! I think he may be teething because he always wants to have his hands in his mouth. This is making him spit up more often and drool all the time as well. So we are having to put bibs on him more often now. He is also getting better and better at holding his head up. He wants to sit up more too so we recently got him a Bumbo seat but still don't have it. Can't wait til we do though, I bet he will love it!

Growth: We have not been to the doctors so we are not sure of his weight right now but I can tell just by picking him up that he is getting heavier  Soon he won't be able to use his swing anymore because he is getting so heavy that it is starting to move very very slow on the highest setting #6. He is still in size 2 diaper and size 0-3 months clothes.

Features: I still think he looks like his daddy but I am getting people saying that he looks like me now... so who knows. You be the judge :]

Eating: We are still feeding him 5 oz every 2-3 hours. I know a lot of people start solids at this age but we would like to postpone it as long as possible  I think we will be able to do so until he is about 6 months old because that is when WIC starts cutting your formula and giving you solids. I really wish we could afford to keep him on all formula until he is 9 months old, but at $16 a can I don't think that is going to happen :[

Health: His health is great! His diarrhea went away and everything looks perfect. His rash is lingering but it is going away too.

Sleeping: He has taken a step backward in the sleeping area. He was sleeping from 7:30 pm to 4 am. Now he still goes to bed at 7:30 but he is back to waking up at 1-1:30 am as well as at 4 am. He still is waking at 6:30 am and then at 8:30 am to stay up for the day. I am not sure why he has gone back to waking up in the night. I hope he can go back to sleeping through the night (for the most part). We will just have to wait and see how it goes.

How we are adjusting: We are all doing great here! We are starting to try and do more family activities like playing together as a family and watching movies together, all though when we tried to watch a family movie Bear fell asleep lol. Never the less we are trying to become a closer family and loving everyday as it comes.