Ant diary: 20 weeks

I have all kinds of good intentions of writing these diaries on the actual day Ant turns the appropriate number of weeks, but that's easier said that done. Especially with him taking 30 minute naps these days!

Growth check: Well, I was right about Ant growing so much. At his four month appointment (18 weeks), he weighed 15lb 1 oz, and was 26.5 inches!!! 92 percentile for height, 50th for weight. I though we must have measured him wrong (the nurse had me draw the line at the top of his head), so after the she left I put him down and checked it out again. I used his service log to make sure the top of his head was at the line, and then stretched out his legs, and sure enough it was right. No wonder he outgrew all his clothes all of a sudden!!

Tummy-time: Ant still seems reasonbly happy on his tummy, but actually seems to have regressed in terms of holding himself up. He doesn't push up nearly as far on his arms. I don't know if he's just not as interested because he's spending more time sitting and standing?

Other movement: There's also not much rolling going on these days either. He did do a few back to tummy rolls in his crib the other day, the opposite direction from what he'd done before, but that's about it. Seems to have the "been there, done that" attitude. He really likes sitting and standing (though of course he can't do either without support). When I pull him to sitting by his arms, he holds his head level with his body now, and if I count "1....2...3", I can see him preparing to do so by hunching his shoulders.

Teeth: The little choppers he has are *sharp*! We keep wondering if he's getting more, because he's doing a lot of drooling again and there is a white something that's visible on the lower left side. Definitely not any bumps like those that preceeded the first two teeth though, so it's probably nothing. That would also be a very unusual next tooth to get.

Hands: He's able to grab things much better now, and hold onto them for a longer time. And seems to enjoy chewing on his hands a lot - he sucks the thumb on his right hand quite a bit, but doesn't seem quite as coordinated with his left hand - when he sucks on that it's generally the first two fingers. He reaches out for things a lot more now, and you can really see him concentrate on what he'd like to grab, then move his hand to get it.

Feeding: Still going around 4 hours between feed, and as long as he gets enough to eat at his last feed of the night, will sleep until 6 in the morning before the next one. I have weighed him pre- and post- feed a few times now, and he's taking around 8 ounces from me each time.

Sleeping: We're starting to get in to a little bit more of a pattern - on trixietracker there are starting to be a few times during the day when he's more likely to be asleep than others. We've also managed to move his bedtime back to around 10pm rather than 11:30, which is really nice. He's been taking really short naps recently, only around 30-40 minutes, but it seems if you bounce him back to sleep when he wakes up crabby he'll then sleep for a really long time. Not sure what's going on there!