His stats:
Weight - 27.4 pounds
Height - 82.6 centimeters
His likes/dislikes:
He dislikes baths (until he's in them), and not getting what he wants the moment he want it.
He likes eating frozen peas, laughing deep belly laughs, cuddles & kisses, being outside, and eating a ton of food (we hear "mo, mo" a lot).
His adventures:
He's a ball of energy who loves the park, walks, and a babycino at the local café (ok, maybe mom is the one who likes the café).
He seems to love daycare, which make us happy because this mama enjoys working. They do a ton of crafting, and he now requests to draw at home. We got him a table and chairs for eating his breakfast and drawing.
Thoughts on the last few months:
He's still a huge cuddle bug and has started asking for "cuddles". He melts my heart. We are officially off the boob! I stopped completely two weeks ago. He's still asking for it, but is not upset when I say there is no more. I weaned slowly - first cutting his morning feed, then stopping the work pumping, and finally stopping completely.
We are also over-the-moon with our new sleeping routine for the past three weeks when we tried controlled timed crying (different from controlled crying). The Hubs was staying in his room until he fell asleep (usually in there for 30mins or so, sometimes longer when the Hubs fell asleep too!). And Hudson was waking several nights a week usually somewhere between 2-4am. Then we decided to give the controlled timed crying a go - you put the baby to bed and then go back in at the 2min, 4min, 8min, and 16min marks to let him know you're still there. The first two nights Hudson cried at the 2min, pooped for the 4min, then we changed him and started again and he cried at the 2 min and was asleep by the 4min. After two nights, he went down with no crying and no waking!!!!!! I don't want to jinx it, but it's incredible. I would definitely recommend it for parents who want their evenings and sleep back. I think it worked so well because Hudson is older. I, personally, wouldn't do sleep training for babies under 1.
And no post is complete without photos . . .
A little comparison - me circa 1984 & 2015 and Hudson circa 2015.
I love these two . . .
I'm glad Hudson is already showing an affinity for all things space related - the moon, stars, and space puzzles.
Little Toms kill me with cuteness overload!
Off to enjoy the last few minutes of nap time,
B
