Last night’s sleep went like this:
6:45pm: Ash goes to sleep after being swaddled and nursed
7:30-11:30pm: Ash wakes about three times, due to gas. He is burped and the soother is put back into his mouth. He’s awake for less than five minutes each time.
11:30pm: I come to bed. Ash is unswaddled and I’m relieved of […]

Ash is getting stronger and stronger and has been able to move himself around a lot more than usual in the past couple of days. Last night I tested him to see just how mobile he was… I laid down beside him with my breasts exposed (I knew he was hungry), and after a couple […]

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been letting Ash drink a small amount of water almost every day. He initiated it, reaching out and grabbing for my glass, and he LOVES it. I think it’s partially because it’s cool on his gums, and partially because now is about the time when babies start noticing […]

I had to hold back the tears today at lunchtime in a restaurant with my sister when I realized that Ash had cut TWO teeth overnight. I had no idea. He’d been sucking his bottom lip in the past couple of weeks, but I figured I had another six weeks before this milestone, as he’s […]

When Ash isn’t using his Jolly Jumper, Clive is using Ash for weight training.

Right around the four-month mark, Ash started growing hair on his legs, arms and even his little knuckles.

Ash had his first REAL giggles today as I was snorting his neck under his ears. MUSIC TO MY EARS, I TELL YA.

Ash seems to understand what it means when I say the words “naked” and “standing up.”
I’m trying to get him to know what “kiss” and “up” and “bath” mean as well.

The baby has started grabbing at our mouths and really looking into our eyes.

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