More Firsts

This past weekend Troy was in a wedding in Cleveland with an adults only reception, so Grant got to stay home. G and PawPaw came to watch him. Troy had been away from Grant overnight a few times, but this was my first time. It was hard to leave and it was very weird to not have him around and care for him all the time. We all made it through ok :)

The other first of the weekend was that Grant tried solid food for the first time! He had his first experience with rice cereal. As you can see, he's not too sure about it. The third picture is from tonight, and he still wasn't crazy about the cereal, but he actually ate some instead of spitting it all out. We're making progress!





And this picture is just because he's cute!

Day of Firsts

Troy was off today so he brought Grant to the library for his first storytime. Yay! Grant smiled during Skinnamarink, couldn't take his eyes off Miss Jo and loved watching the other babies and kids in the room. By the end he was even talking and singing along to the songs. Right as babytime started, Troy said he smelled something. I have a bad cold and didn't smell anything so I tried to do a diaper check. Sure enough, he had a messy diaper. Since babytime had just started I didn't want to take him out so we took our chances. I should say I took my chance since I was the one holding him. My luck ran out and I ended up with some mess on my pants. That brings us to the next first: first time getting a diaper changed in a public restroom. And Troy was the lucky one to do it. I went to the lobby to wait for them and could hear Grant screaming...

And the last first is: first time in the high chair! We're going to try rice cereal in the next week or so and we thought we'd give him a test run in the chair while we ate. He likes sitting up like a big boy and played with his toys the entire time we ate. Stay tuned for the "first food" pictures coming soon. :)

Baby Gramp and Cain

Grant and I went to visit the grandparents this weekend. Rachel and Cain came over Saturday. Cain calls Grant Baby Gramp. It's pretty funny. He always wanted me to lay Grant on the blanket so they could play. Grant really liked to watch Cain. Grant has his first cold. It's not too bad, but he's cranky and didn't want anyone but me to hold him for very long and only took 30 minute naps. I hope he starts to feel better soon. I really hate hearing him cough and be uncomfortable.

Outside

Grant loves being outside. And loves to drool.

Grant had his 4 month check up this past week. As you can see, he's "slender" (the dr.'s words) and tall. Wonder who he gets that from? We can start giving him cereal whenever we want. It hardly seems possible he's old enough for cereal. I know, I'll be thinking that for the rest of my life. Therapy went a little better this week. He cried, but not as much, and he let the therapist do some things. He is holding his head much straighter. The doctor noticed it and the therapist said he's doing great. I've noticed he's started turning his head to the left more and I even found his head turned that way while he was sleeping (that's a first!). Grant had to come to a circulation meeting with me one morning and he was so well behaved. Everyone commented on how good he was. I have to go to another one this week so hopefully he'll do just as well!

Sleeping Like a Baby

Therapy Round 2

Yesterday was day 2 of physical therapy. Grant did not cooperate at all. He cried or screamed all most all of the time. Most of the session was spent with me holding him and Ann telling me what to do. He did actually smile for a little bit. She put him on an exercise ball and bounced him a little bit. He loved that. For a few minutes. Hopefully next time will be better.

Now that Grant can roll to his stomach, that's pretty much how he sleeps. He's started to bring his knees up closer to his chest and stick his butt up a little bit. I want to take a picture but I'm afraid it will wake him up. He also is turning sideways in the crib and getting his foot stuck between the slats. Fun!

This morning I put him down for his nap. I figured he was a little hungry but thought he was tired enough to go to sleep anyway. He wasn't so after he cried for a while I got him up to eat. He nursed for a couple seconds, then stopped to give me a giant smile. Then he'd nurse for a few seconds and stop to give me a giant smile. Repeat this for quite a few more times. I think he tricked me into getting him out of his crib but it was so super cute.

Physical Therapy

Grant had his first session of physical therapy on Thursday. The PT is so nice and was great with him. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I guess if you're going to be a pediatric physical therapist you better be really good with kids. She moved him around and manipulated his arms and legs. She played with him with some of the toys and watched him try different things. She also took some measurements to track his progress. She said that we're already ahead of the game because we're starting so early and he has full range of motion in his neck, which some torticollis babies do not have. He just doesn't like to use his full range of motion so we need to work on that. She gave us some handouts and had us practice a stretch we need to do with him. Grant needs to have lots of tummy time, which he's not so fond of. But he's a little better about it than he has been in the past. And we noticed Thursday night Grant finally figured out how to move his arm and was completely on his tummy! Now he needs to learn to flip back over so he doesn't wake up mad. Anyway, Grant has to go to therapy every week for the next 3-6 months. Hopefully closer to 3 months since he already has the full range of motion in his neck.