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August 31, 2008 at 06:16 PM · Posted under family
As you may have read on Sarah’s blog, Edward loves to play The Bee Game. We tie a robe sash to one of his arms or legs and he gets to wiggle his bee mobile around. It’s like a videogame, but with better physics. He really likes to figure out which limb is controlling the bees, then keep perfectly still until the bees have stopped swinging, then unleash a big wiggle to shake them all around. He’s even started to hold down the foot connected to the bees with his other foot, for maximum bee stability.
Other cute things Edward is up to:
- He giggles an adorable “heh heh heh” giggle when he’s very entertained by something
- He’s got some serious foot control while kicking around his tethered plastic ball:
- He’ll poise one foot just next to the ball and wait for it to be still, then kick it.
- He’ll grab the ball between his two feet and swing it around.
- He’s discovered that he has feet, and is fascinated by them, especially when he can grab them.
- He’s learning to program (that initial page turning is all him, he loves to play with books):
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July 25, 2008 at 06:10 PM · Posted under family
Edward continues to increase his cuteness level. Last weekend he learned a new syllable, “guh”, which he has so far shared only with me. It may, in fact, be his name for me. He’s already got a very cute parroting of “hello” down. It’s kind of like “aaahlooo” and he only brings that out when he’s really happy and talkative.
He has learned that his hands can be used for useful things, such as pushing himself up, pushing bottles away when he has had enough, and (just today) holding on to them so they don’t fly away while he is eating.
When Sarah puts him on his stomach to play “roll the baby” (maybe the game is the act of turning the baby over?) he has no trouble holding up his head, and actually seems like he is figuring out how to turn himself over. He’ll push with one arm and tilt his head, and wiggle his legs back and forth. Like a little Bender on his back!
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June 28, 2008 at 10:58 AM · Posted under family
Here’s Edward in his swing from the Undergraduate Library.
And here’s a nice set of three (all taken in a row!) of Edward being cute and awake in his hammock chair.
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June 06, 2008 at 12:00 PM · Posted under family
I took this one immediately following his inspection and bath. One of the nurses was nice enough to hold him up for a really cute shot of his “things could be better” face.
These two, like the first picture I posted, are from the series of pictures I took during his first cuddles with mommy.
I haven’t really taken many pictures since, but I now that Sarah and I are both much more rested and relaxed that will surely change.
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June 06, 2008 at 11:50 AM · Posted under family
The only reason that I have the clarity and time to write this blog post is because of the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD. I’m totally serious. The marketing blurbs attached to this series are completely accurate in our case. After he got over his new baby jaundice he really got into the swing of crying. He would have crying spells for up to three hours, usually in the middle of the night. Even when he wasn’t seriously exercising his lungs little cries were never far off. Yesterday we finally (and I have no idea why it took us that long) opened up our Happiest Baby DVD and watched it with screaming infant in tow. We tried the techniques in turn as the video went through them and snap: happy, quiet baby!
Now we maintain the soothing techniques throughout the day and night and he is consistently relaxed. He does of course cry when he needs to be changed or is hungry, but no more inconsolable crying spells. We went from enduring those three hour crying spells to at most thirty second crying spells, and most of that time spent soothing down. It is absolutely astonishing and it is so so awesome.
Sarah and I were getting pretty tired and stressed because we each felt guilty leaving the other with a crying baby, so essentially we both didn’t get any real rest. At night we could barely sleep before our cute crying baby would need attention. Now we are both sitting on the couch puttering away and little Edward is sound asleep and relaxed in his baby rocker (sans distracting toy bar and locked in the non-rocking position). Ahh.
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