Liam is 25 Weeks

The past weekend was pretty rough for Liam because he has been teething.  He also has not been sleeping well because of it, and woke up several times in the night.  He even woke up crying real tears one night, it was soo heart breaking!  Thankfully we were able to spend a little extra time comforting him because we both had Monday off for Memorial Day.  We also gave him a little infant Tylenol to lessen the pain when it got unbearable for him.  Thankfully the pain let up for the rest of the week and he has been a rather happy baby.  He continues to get more and more social and we can get smiles and laughs out of him pretty easily now.  He absolutely LOVES to jump in his Jumparoo now, and will get bouncing fairly high in that thing.  He even loves to jump when we are holding him.  He has started to show an interest in the dogs and will watch them and smile when they are near him.  His appetite just keeps growing and we've had to increase the amount of formula because I just can't keep up with him.  Although, recently he has favored smaller bottles, but more frequently.  We think it is partly due to the pain with his teething.  We are constantly amazed at just how wonderful he is and how lucky we are to know him!

Liam is 24 Weeks

Now that Liam can roll over, he does it with ease. Although sometimes he will roll from his back to his tummy and then get frustrated and cry. We think he either has forgotten that he knows how to roll back, or he really wants to crawl, but can't yet. When he was learning to roll over, we noticed that he didn't 'talk' as much, but this week he has started to 'talk' more again. Instead of saying different sounds in a row, he will try to sound out stuff, like he will say “buh” over and over. Sometimes he will get quiet, and you can tell he's just trying really hard to concentrate on what he wants to say next. Towards the end of the week, he started to get really fussy, and he started to chew on things with more intensity, so we figured he has started to teethe! For the longest time, we have been waiting for him to laugh, and it seems it was one of those things that happened gradually. Earlier he had a squeal that was somewhat like a laugh, but we weren't sure if it was or not. But this week, when he started to get fussy, I mimicked his face and sounds, and he stopped, a bit confused, and smiled and laughed at me. He also has started to be ticklish, and will laugh when we lightly tickle his underarms. He is officially out of his size 2 diapers and onto size 3! He's just growing so fast!

Liam is 23 Weeks

Liam has had a pretty eventful week. For one he has started to roll over in both directions. He started with the front to back, (which he had done earlier, but not for us because he usually was too tired when we got home after work). Then today, he finally did back to front! He was always so close to rolling back to front, but often times he would stop himself half way, and roll back. He has been playing with his binky for the past several weeks, but he would always need help getting it back in the right direction, but now he can take his binky out of his mouth and put it back in the right direction. He is getting so strong and is practicing sitting up. He does not have the balance yet, but he's getting close. We weighed him on the home scale, and he's around 17 lbs. It's so hard to believe that this time last year he was slightly bigger than a grain of rice!

comment by Julie on 05/22/2008
Wow! Sounds like he is really making progress. I can't believe he is rolling over ... that's crazy. He's such a cutie!

Liam is 22 Weeks

This week flew by because my boss wanted me to take another day off so that my vacation wasn't so close to hitting it's limit again. I only had to work 2 days, so it was very nice to have that extra time with Liam again. He was at Grandma D's house on Tuesday, and he rolled from his tummy to his back a few times for her. I actually saw him do it once when I picked him up, but he hasn't done it since. I'm sure he will do it again soon enough! He still makes his sounds, although now it's more like he's trying to communicate with us. He LOVES to 'talk', and he's such a chatter box. He'll even 'talk' while he's eating, and will spit out his binky because he wants to keep 'talking'. His appetite keeps getting bigger, and he's eating more often. I haven't been able to make enough milk for his growing appetite, so he continues to get formula when needed. It's hard to believe that he will start to eat real food next month! On Thursday we went shopping with Grandma D, and I got him a ton of new outfits for summer. He fits in the 6-9 month clothes now, although he's growing so quickly, I hope they last him through the summer! The other night Mike was feeding him, and he was so tired that he fell asleep on his shoulder. He rarely falls asleep in places other than his bed, so it was a sweet moment for him. Liam is such a good and sweet boy, we often ask ourselves how we got so lucky.

Liam is 5 Months Today!

Five months ago Liam came into this world, and changed our lives FOREVER! The time just seems like it flew by, but at the same time it's hard to remember life without him. He has made our lives so much brighter and more fulfilled in ways we never imagined he could. Just yesterday he rolled over from his belly to his back for the first time! Every week he just changes and grows and we are just loving every minute with him! Happy 5 months Liam, we LOVE YOU!

Liam is 21 Weeks

This week I got an e-mail from my HR department saying that I'm approaching my vacation accrual limit, “So please, take some vacation-go spend some time with that beautiful baby of yours! : )” OK, don't have to twist my arm!...so I took my normal Friday off, and Monday too, so I had a 4-day weekend with Liam. It was GREAT! Although, I do have to admit he keeps me on my toes ALL day long, and I end up more tired than going to work. But the extra time with him is soo worth it. He is very close to rolling over this week. He is getting really strong in his Jumparoo, and now that he can reach the floor, he just jumps like crazy. He loves the toys and all the sounds it makes. And he squeals a lot, and laughs a little, when he's playing in it. He still sucks his hands a little, but tends to favor his thumb now. He wants to check out everything in his sight. Usually though after he inspects it, it ends up in his mouth. He finds comfort in his toys, especially the soft ones, as well as his blanket. On Sunday, he was hanging out on dad's lap, and he leaned over and found his feet. He started to inspect them, like they were a new toy. Later in the week, I was changing his diaper, and while I had his feet in the air, he grabbed his feet, it was pretty cute! He just smiles and talks a lot more lately too. Some of the sounds he makes are: “th”, “hey”, “ha”, “hi”, “oh”, “ah”, “eh” “da”, “ma”. One day dad said he heard him 'sing', he made a sound, and each following sound he made was a note higher (like the do- re-mi song). He did it for about 4-5 notes, no breaks between the notes, just a little song for daddy, so cute! His personality just keeps blooming with the spring season, and we are just loving every minute with him!

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http://vimeo.com/990363

Liam in Jumparoo http://vimeo.com/990363 About this video: "This is around the time that Liam really started to enjoy his Jumparoo. This was taken on May 2nd 2008, he was almost 5 months old."