3 month picture

3 month picture
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Dictated by Claire:
"I like to laugh with Pete when somebody says BOO! And we had a rattle worm and we laughed when you [Debbie] said BOO! And it was so funny."

Napping

Napping
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Will ya look at those eyelashes?

Pete has had some trouble with sleep lately. Saturday night/Sunday morning, he got croup... probably from Claire, who'd had it a little over a week prior to this weekend. That night, he slept with us in the bed most of the time, and I nursed him to sleep anytime he woke up coughing his little head off. But we woke at 5:30 and couldn't get back to sleep that way, so then he sat in his bouncy seat in the family room while I slept on the couch out there.

Sunday night/Monday morning, we slept in his bouncy seat in the crib. That seemed to work until around 4, and then he moved into the bed with us again. Joe stayed home with him Monday, during which he alternately slept in the swing, the bouncy seat, or Joe's arms.

Monday night, he slept in the swing or my arms part of the night, but did get some time on his back. Last night, he was in the swing until 9ish, then on his back in the crib until 2 (with a brief nursing break in the middle there), and then he was nursing/in my arms until my alarm went off at 5:30.

Poor guy. The congestion is terrible, and I'm not sure when it's going to pass, but all we can do is keep him upright until it works its way through... and then battle getting him back to sleeping in the crib regularly.

Chomping on the hand

Chomping on the hand
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Another hand-chomping day at home.

Go Tribe!

Go Tribe!
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We were all watching the play-offs, holding our collective breath, hoping for a trip to the World Series. Bummer. Well, there's always next year...

Tasty fingers

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Pete is solidly in the teething stage now. We had our doubts about it before, though the funny sharp ridge was just a figment of our imaginations. But he's been drooling and chomping on anything within reach... and his reach and grip are better, so watch out!

Although he'll bite on anything room temperature or warmer (no cooled teething rings for him!), he does have a tendency to chomp on his fingers at just about any time. They are his ride-in-the-carseat, relax-in-the-stroller, sleep-in-the-crib, enjoy-the-playmat, chill-in-our-laps teething toy of choice. Which is fine. Until we have to wean him from his naturally-attached binkies.

Debbie sucked her thumb until she was in the 5th grade. How long do you think it'll take Pete?

First hike

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This past weekend, the Bay Area Ridge Trail group sponsored an event not far from our place. It could be a 20-mile bike ride, a 20-mile hike, an 8-mile hike, or some length of horseback riding I didn't catch. Or a one-mile "family hike." Since it was Claire's and Debbie's first hike in a long while and Pete's first hike period, we opted for the family hike. Although we didn't even make it the whole way (the first half mile was full of lots of exploring) due to time constraints, Pete did really well on the hike. We're hoping to be able to take him on more so that the entire family can get out to nature again.