Favorite Toys

Logan's favorite toys are his playmat and his jumperoo. Plus his peacock, which is reserved for car rides. Its been fun watching him figure things out. There are butterflies on his playmat that hang out of his reach. One day I watched him roll to his side to extend his reach and touch the butterflies. I was so impressed.

Three Months

Logan is 3 months old, and just finished his first week of daycare. He now has his first cold. I hear that’s how it goes with daycare. He loves to sing songs— Itsy Bitsy Spider and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes are his favorites. He’s quite the talker now, and we carry on extended conversations of goos and gas. He smiles more and more. He is regressing on tummy time, and seems to have forgotten how to pick up his head. He loves his activity mat, and will stare at the lights and kick his legs with glee. He loves his dad too-- Mark can always get a smile out of him. He sleeps in his crib now, from about 7-7, usually waking around 1 and 4. His nicknames are My Love, Love bug, and Bugaboo.

Family & Friends

Mike, Janelle, Lucas, & Axel came out to Colorado for Spring Break and Logan got to meet his aunt, uncle, and cousins for the first time. Our friends Rob & Julie were visiting for the weekend too, from San Diego. Rob is an old friend from our Air Force days (and Mark's old roommate). They're expecting a baby this October, so we taught them everything we know. Good luck getting by on that.


Uncle Mike

Lucas, me, and Logan in the Flatirons
Hiking in the Flatirons with Mike, Janelle, Lucas, Axel, Rob & Julie
Axel, Janelle, & Logan... Logan was very upset and turning beet red. I think he wanted to be fed. Again.

Up and Down the Hall

My mom is here to take care of Logan during my first week back at work. I've been denying it for some time, but she has confirmed he has colic. She would know since I also had colic for 5-6 months when I was a baby. I guess I just thought all babies were this needy... they're babies after all. Don't they all want to be carried at all times? And when that's not enough, bounced and sung to all day? Doesn't everyone have a song they sing as they bounce up and down the hall for hours? “Up and down the hall, up and down the hall, hi ho the dar-i-o, up and down the hall. Now around the kitchen, now around the kitchen hi ho the dar-i-o now around the kitchen..."

Logan has been giving her quite a workout, and she has dug deep into her repertoire of songs… he seems to like old college drinking songs the best. Of course, he has his happy moments too. And he loves his grandma! Thanks so much, mom, for making the transition back to work a little easier.

Sleeping

I’m going back to work next week, so my goal for this week was to break Logan of all his bad sleeping habits in preparation for daycare-- in particular his swing addiction and tendency to nap only if held.

We tried all sorts of sleeping arrangments in the beginning-- co-sleeping, bassinet, crib, crib with towels rolls around him to make it cozier. The only thing that worked was the swing. Preferably with sounds of water playing.

So, I was surprised when I put him in his crib last night and he slept just fine. The napping, on the other hand, we haven't mastered. I guess we'll leave that up to his daycare provider to figure out.