He's discovered his feet. One morning, we simply woke up to see him grabbing on tightly to his feet - one foot in each hand! Before we know it, I'm sure they'll make their way into his mouth!
He's a maniac in his doorway jumper. I'm quite certain that this toy does absolutely nothing to help Maksim learn to be upright/balance. It does, however, provide a wonderful opportunity for Maks to release as much energy as he possibly can!
He's focusing his attention on sitting up. The BjornBabysitter Balancer is restricting Maksim more than he likes right now. As soon as we place him in it, he tries to sit up on his own and get out. The same goes for his car seat. I never thought that my 4 month old child would sit up out of his car seat on his own when I unbuckle the straps to take him out. He never fails to surprise me! This boy just doesn't like to be tied down!
He's a wiggle worm. Swaddles are continually falling apart in our home. Arms and toes are flailing about during nap time. Over the past month, he has become an expert at rolling over while swaddled in his swing. The other day while Bryon was watching him, he managed to slide out (he didn't even mind his journey to the floor below!), so our trusty swaddle-and-swing routine has been retired...now he's always securely strapped in.
He's ready to crawl. Rolling over is no big deal to him anymore, but he'd rather be able to crawl than have to perform multiple rolls to get from one side of the room to the other. Here is a rather dated video of Maks at 3.5 months old just learning to get his booty up in the air:
And 2 weeks later, just days after he turned 4 months old:
I don't have anything from the last few weeks, but he'll be 5 months old in a week, so you can imagine how much he's improved over the past 3+ weeks! He's well on his way - a few weeks ago I placed him on the bed and he managed to scoot forward on his belly until he'd made it to the foot of the bed. Clearly, this raises a concern for Maks' sleeping situation as we just use a regular queen size bed. We've decided that it's now time to take the bed apart and just place the mattress on the floor. Given Maks' 10 hour stretch of continuous sleep, quick break to eat, and then 3 more hours of sleep last night...I'm thinking that he likes the "new" bed just fine!
He's a rockstar! You're going to have your hands full in not too long! Glad to hear his sleeping has gotten better, makes life so much better for everyone!
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