Chums

Jonas weighed 10 pounds 4.5 ounces at the doctor's office yesterday. He is 22 inches long and his head circumference is 39 cm. Jonas is growing so rapidly that he changes every day. He stays alert for longer periods now. He is interested in studying faces and new surroundings. Jonas likes to move and wiggle when he is awake and to sleep during his walks. He is colicky in the evenings and fussy early in the morning like he wants to get on with the day. His muscles are quite developed for his age and he doesn't like people manipulating his limbs. He is very impatient when he is hungry (one nurse at the hospital said "Oh my, he has quite a temper!" when I was trying to breast-feed him with little success the day after he was born and the doctor called him a "greedy eater" when she saw him chugging his bottle as if for dear life yesterday). He gets a serious look of concentration when he drinks his bottle and if he thinks I am taking the bottle out of his mouth too often (to let him digest his food) he fixes me with a very stern look (and if he thinks his burping he taking too long he makes angry grunts while pushing off me with his legs and flinging his head recklessly back). I can only imagine how difficult it will be to convince my headstrong boy to eat vegetables in the future!

His favorite daily activity is bath-time. First I sit him on my lap. He always keeps his legs folded up close to his body for the first couple seconds he is in the water, then he slowly stretches them out and his whole body relaxes. Then I lay him on his back on my lap and sing silly songs while I wash him. He looks up at me contentedly and makes funny "o" shapes with his mouth like he is a fish breathing underwater. He is so happy in the water he doesn't even mind when water gets in his eyes while I wash his hair. And finally comes his favorite part- the "swim lesson". He kicks off my tummy and I slowly move him away from my body and then back towards me as he kicks his legs and splashes his arms above his head with a look of pure joy on his face. And if I try to take him out of the tub before he is done playing he lets me know by trying to move his head back so he can continue "swimming". Once he is tired out I lay him wrapped up in a towel on the floor while he calmly waits for me to finish getting dried and dressed. Okay, maybe bath-time is my favorite time of the day too.