Week 16

We weighed Justace here at home a little bit ago and he's a whopping 16 lbs!!! He's so big! He definitely does not have a failure to thrive like I did when I was born. Not at all. He's thriving well. Ten days until his next doc appointment and set of shots. Not looking forward to that since last set he got sick from. I really hope he doesn't get sick this time. I felt so bad for him. I tried to give him cereal but he won't take it. He just spits it out. But I think after this next appointment I will talk to Dr. Gillette and maybe try again. If he can take it maybe we will start giving him mushed up bananas or pears. Josh bought a baby bullet when I was still pregnant and we will finally get to use it. And the Winnie the Pooh high chair. I'm very excited.

We tried crib training him and it worked the first couple of nights but then he started teething (I think) and now he's sick again so I gave up on it for now. I will try it again in a couple of weeks. We have to do it soon because he is beginning to get too big for his little bassinet now.

I need some ideas for things to do with him during the day. Right now I spend a lot of time walking him in his stroller and reading books to him. He spends 30 minutes a day on tummy time but I don't leave him on the floor more than that because he still really hates it and cries the whole time if he doesn't just fall asleep. Any ideas or advice on things we can do together during playtime? He also spends a lot of time watching TV because he likes it and I just don't know what else to do with him all day.When he gets older I don't want him to spend all the time watching TV but do you think it's OK for right now while he's a baby? He's still discovering the world and I feel like TV can help him do that somewhat. I try to watch either Baby TV or Disney Junior or PBS so he's watching educational TV even though I realize he doesn't understand any of it yet.