Day of mini-disasters

Babies poop.

This isn't news to anyone. Especially parents. Poop is not always well timed, and no matter how good the diaper, it doesn't always stay contained.

This morning, just after I changed Jonah before heading to daycare, that familiar sound and vibration came from his backside. Knowing by now that these occurrences don't usually fly solo, we opted to wait to change him when we got to daycare.

Well, it turned out that wasn't going to happen. Apparently, this burst was a bit more than the diaper could handle. Outfit #1 for the day ruined. And yes, when we got to daycare, Jonah did need to be changed again...

Sometime during the day, Jonah exploded again and s(p)oiled outfit #2.

Mini-disaster number three today has nothing to do with diapers. I decided to trim Jonah's claw-like fingernails while Michelle was feeding him. The left hand went pretty smoothly, but when I got to his right hand, we had a little accident, and I pinched his little thumb with the clippers. His skin didn't break and you can't see the pinch, but he certainly let us know his dissatisfaction!

The most unfortunate part here is that Jonah associated the pinch with Mommy. It was much more difficult for her to soothe him (which is rare), and he wouldn't nurse. I felt absolutely miserable. All sorts of crazy thoughts running through my mind. "What if he won't nurse any more?" "What if mommy can never easily calm him down again?"

It took several times of attempting to soothe with renewed outbursts over the course of an hour or so, but eventually he started to eat again. Phew!

Have any of you reading this had similar experiences where your baby seemed to associate something like this?

3 months old!

As unbelievable as it sounds, our little Jonah is 3 months old today! He is getting big. Here is a progression of photos taken at his first, second, and third month birthdays (with Tigger as a constant):

Yes, it can be a little deceiving because these pictures start closer and the latest one is from a little further back. He had such a cute smile in it, though, that I couldn't resist. We will get more photos posted soon

Jonah is now in the middle of his second week of daycare. It is still very difficult to leave him there each day. It was particularly tough today because he looked at us with a sad expression when we passed him to his daycare provider. Does he know what is going on? No day has been easy, but that just made it a little tougher...

Having fun!

Jonah and his Daddy had some fun last night. Daddy made funny noises and kissed Jonah's hands while he was sitting in his seat.  Jonah's not quite sure what to think, but the general impression given seems to be that it's a good time.

Working on skills

It's hard to believe that Jonah is almost 3 months old!  Time sure does fly!

Jonah has been growing leaps and bounds in terms of his coordination and motor skills.  He's really, really enjoying his activity center and has been interacting with it more and more. He reaches for some of the toys, bats them around, and talks to them.  His favorites seem to be the monkey and toucan toys, although the others can captivate him as well.  Tonight, he made it onto his side to play with one of the toys and I got a bit of video of it:

He has also been getting much stronger during his tummy time and even gets up on his arms, lifts his trunk and looks around for brief periods of time.  I've begun helping him roll over so he gets used to the experience and I imagine it won't be too long before he's able to do so on his own.  He was trying really hard to get over on Friday night. This morning he did actually make it from his tummy to his back, but it was after I'd rolled him the opposite way and his one arm was still under him, so it probably doesn't truly count as a roll.  But he's definitely working on it and the boy can move - twice this week we found him rotated 180 degrees in his crib!  Here's some video of him lifting his head this morning:

It's so exciting to see Jonah learn to do these things!  We can't wait to see more!