so much has happened this past month! lincoln went on his first trip to hat island and visited green bluff to pick out his very first pumpkin ever. it was a fun filled fall day with the fam (say that five times fast!).
like last month we've had plenty of ups and downs but i think we are getting over the hump. i mentioned in his 2 month update that little man was diagnosed with reflux and it has taken us FOREVER to get it under control. the zantac wasn't enough to help him so we ended up having to put him on prevacid and i think it's finally working! we're starting to see a much more smiley little boy around here and i couldn't be more grateful.
lincoln is really starting to interact with us so much! he talks and coos and plays on his playmat. in the past few days he's really started to figure out his hands and that he can swat at things and put things in his mouth. the intense look he gets on his face when he's concentrating on trying to reach out toward something is so cute!
he also absolutely HATES his car seat. i'm not sure if it's feeling confined or that he can't see our faces when he's in the car, but if you want to see little man turn into an angry angry elf, stick him in his car seat. it does not make traveling ANYWHERE pleasant, but i'm hopeful that this will not last forever.
he also no longer likes tummy time. if he's in a good mood and we put him on his tummy he'll lie there and chomp on his fist. it's not until he gets really mad that he actually starts to work on pushing his head up, so it's a new ongoing battle for us.
we also started a modified sleep training schedule this past week. we're using the easy sleep solution that essentially condenses their feeding schedule to a 12 hour period and then ideally they sleep 12 hours. we're following the feeding schedule and slowly eliminating his night time feed and it's already increased his sleeping time from 3-4 hours to 5-6 hour time periods. one night he even made it seven and half hours! yet another thing that i am so grateful for. i was really starting to feel the sleep deprivation over here! knock on wood and cross your fingers that this continues.
a few quick facts:
height: 24 inches
weight: 12.8 lbs (up 2 lbs from last month!)
hates: his car seat and tummy time
loves: sleeping on mama and papa, bath time, his play mat and people's face
head: he's getting so strong, he can hold his head up temporarily and is starting to push himself up
eats: like a champ! we're following a feeding schedule that confines his feeds to a 12 hour period to help him sleep through the night
sleeps: knock on wood, but the past few nights on this new feeding schedule have him sleeping almost 6 hours at a time!!!! he's also sleeping in his pack and play thanks to this magical suit. we had to cut the arms off so he could stick his hands in his mouth to self sooth, but he loves this thing.
