I needed a separate post to update you on Isaiah's recent developments. While we did have a nice Valentine's weekend overall, it was made challenging by Isaiah's ravenous appetite. He seems to have gone through a growth spurt this past weekend as he suddenly changed his feeding schedule from every three hours to every two hours. When feeding him takes up to 45 minutes, going from every 3 hours to 2 hours makes a huge difference. I literally spent almost half of my weekend feeding that little squirt. Thankfully, one of the books I read warned about this particular growth spurt as occuring between 7-8 weeks, and since it began at exactly 7 weeks, it was pretty dead on. He's already gotten back to averaging every 3 hours, so the change was short-lived (thankfully!!).
Now to Isaiah's "dirty" tricks. In Isaiah's first days, we learned to expect him to urinate during diaper changes. We finally learned to use a washcloth to keep him covered, and if he happened to pee, then it typically absorbed most of it and protected his clothing. In the past week or two, he's decided to hold his bowel movements until we open his diaper also. But it's never just a little poop and then done--this boy has some serious poop marathons! I seriously stand at his changing table up to ten minutes just making sure he's done before putting a clean diaper on him, and sometimes he still has some left. Between his peeing and pooping during his diaper changes, we've gone through 3-4 diapers in a single sitting.
Despite the above, Isaiah seems happiest when he's on his changing pad. He smiles so big and just loves looking around. He especially enjoys watching himself in the mirror over the dresser. He started cooing this past weekend, and it's just so adorable. Other changes: he's reaching out for the toys hanging down over his bouncy seat now and he's holding his head up on his own fairly well.
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