Liam decided to add a new trick this week, he's sitting on his own! We have to set him up and he falls easily, especially when he's reaching out for a toy or eclair, but each day he's getting better.
For once we didn't have anything that needed to get done this weekend so we were able to head to Oakland and go to the zoo. This was Liam's first time at the zoo and I think he might have been more interested in the tamed mammals, ie children, then the caged ones! The weather was perfect and we made it almost all the way through the park before Liam got too tired and conked out. There are a TON of pictures, thanks to Dominic.
I wanted to update on the cloth diaper situation too, since we're almost 4.5 months in. We are still using the Bumgenius and we've added a few gro-babies to the mix just so we could try out an all-in-two. We adore them all but if I had to pick one I would go with the Bums. Our stash of 24 makes for a good two full days before having to wash. and speaking of wash, I just ran out of the All free and clear we were using and started with the Charlie's Soap so we'll see if there is any difference. I think the brightest note regarding the cloth is that Liam hasn't had a single diaper rash and has only had a leak when he goes too long between changes. Not having those blow-outs that you hear parents talk about all the time is WONDERFUL! He is currently in the highest rise at night time when we double stuff the diapers and the middle rise during the day when he's single stuffed. They are suppose to be good to 35 pounds so we'll see if they make it that long. During our WA trip we used them too, I borrowed a wet bag with drawstring from Brooke and it worked perfectly. I know it was more of a pain having more stuff to transport and a few loads of laundry to do but it was worth it not to have a diaper rash or blowout along the way.
Liam's schedule has been changing a bit over the last week too. He seems to be transitioning to waking up later by pushing his bead time to around 8:30pm. Occasionally, he gets up at 11 and eats again but several times he's gone until 4am without waking. After eating in bed with us he goes back to his crib until 7:30 when he's up for the day. If we could eliminate those 11 o'clock wakes ups I think I'd be thrilled :)
A shot Brooke took of Liam and Eclair playing together during the day. Notice the simultaneous playing while not acknowledging each other...completely age appropriate :)
Listen, I'm going to eat Dr Squeaks head, is that ok??
He's quite proud of himself, you'll see why in just a second
He started out ON the play mat and ended up here...in only a few minutes...guess I need to start baby proofing, staring with that wine.
The solution to the hard floors...a larger mat. This isn't even the entire thing but I didn't want to consume the whole floor with brightly colored alphabet tiles.
Not so sure about the new surface, mom. It took him a few days to actually move around on it, before that he just stayed in one position.
Foaming at the mouth, do we need to get a rabies shot???
Zoo pictures
An example of where he's at with pushing up/movement
Here is proof of his sitting abilities
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