Rowan has discovered that rolling onto his stomach is something he would like to get used to doing. Yesterday Rowan rolled from his back to tummy for the first time while playing with his toys. It was very exciting to watch! I couldn’t get him to repeat the act however last night as he was trying to sleep, rolling over seemed to be first on his mind. Between 10:00 and 11:00 Rowan woke up 5 or 6 times and each time that I checked on him he was trying his hardest to roll over to his tummy. I think the great effort was waking him up. We finally got him settled on his back and he slept ’till about 4:00am. At that point Kirby got up and rocked him for a while and then put him back in his crib. The next thing I knew, I rolled over in bed and saw that the clock said 7:18am! Rowan was still asleep? No way! So I went to check on him and there he was in his crib, sound asleep on his tummy! He slept ’till after 8:00!!!! I know that babies shouldn’t be put to sleep on their stomachs…that is why we put him down on his back. But hey, if he is going to roll over himself and possibly sleep better, I am all for it. I’m proud of Rowan and his newly learned skill!
Rowan typed on the keyboard for the very first time today. A few weeks ago I put his hand on the keyboard but he immediately pulled away. But this morning he was very interested in the keyboard. He was reaching for it so I decided to see what he would do. I opened a text editor and he punched out the following (click here to see).
Rowan has been a bit sick this week. I think it was on Tuesday that we realized he wasn’t feeling quite right. His nose was running and he didn’t want to do much besides snuggling on my chest. We took his temperature and it was just over 100 degrees. I guess we kind of knew something was up when he couldn’t sleep more than about 30-45 minutes without waking up crying…two nights in a row. We learned first hand that a baby’s sleep schedule really does get interrupted when he is sick. All three of us got much less sleep than we were used too…the only thing that seemed to work for at least a few hours at a time was having Rowan sleep in bed right between Kirby and I. Fortunately Rowan’s cold, or whatever he had, seems to have been short lived. Now I am the one who is suffering a bit from it. I really just have a stuffy nose and head. But I keep thinking of our little boy who was feeling like this or probably worse than this for the past few days. He is so small and I am sure he had no idea what was going on. He just knew he did not feel right. Its a helpless feeling when your little one is sick. I guess its inevitable…kids get sick… I just wish there was some way to keep Rowan from feeling bad.
Today was a big day for Rowan. First he went with his mom down to Boston and had lunch on Newbury St. with Aunt Brooke. After returning home he had some “tummy time” and he rolled over twice! Back in June he did roll once from tummy to back by accident I think. This time however he seemed to know what he was doing. It was a struggle but he managed to roll over twice before becoming to exhausted to do it again:) Congratulations Rowan!
More pictures from Rowan’s play date with Matilda and Linnea. For those who don’t know, Matilda and Linnea are the two little girls who live across the street from us.
Our friend Linda mentioned in a recent blog posting how her son Milo, who is only a few weeks older than Rowan, enjoys sitting in his BebePod. I never heard of a BebePod so I did a quick search and decided right away that Rowan should have one. It just seems like something Rowan would like especially since he likes to sit up. And sure enough, Rowan does like his new BebePod.
Rowan has had a very exciting month 3 in life. A trip to France followed by Philly followed by NASCAR in New Hampshire. He has also gotten bigger over the last month as you might can tell in these pictures from month 3.
