Sunday, March 15, 2009

VJ from 3-5 months



Time is flying, and baby VJ is growing up before our eyes. Since our last posting, VJ has learned how to hold things - including his bottle at feeding time. He has also become very oral and loves to put whatever he can in his mouth and drools freely and without prompting. Just in the past three days, VJ has started to drink from a big person's cup (with Mom guiding him)!! Any day now he is also expected to master sitting up on his own - thus the daily practice in the new pea green bumbo seat you see here in the pictures.

When VJ is active, he enjoys playing under his Baby Einstein play mat, reaching for his toys and putting them in his mouth. When winding down, the veej enjoys watching kiddy videos on the computer. His favorite video is called "Baby Noah," which introduces babies to all kinds of animals in the tropics, polar regions, desert, and on the savanna. He also enjoys watching a series of videos called "baby signing times," but this is not his favorite right now. They teach him American Sign Language. He and Mom are learning how to communicate the essentials such as "water," "milk," "cereal," and "diaper."

Two other big things that happened in VJ's life recently is that he got to meet his Grandpop Carolan and Grandma Dempsey (whom we call "Pop Pop" and "Nani") Pictures will be put up soon! Also, VJ got a new baby sitter who comes to take care of him 4 hours per day while Mom works on her dissertation. His Nanny, Lucy, is awesome. When VJ sleeps, she helps Mom with housework like washing bottles, clothes, etc. etc! (What a relief! :o ) Lucy takes such good care of VJ and teaches him many things. In particular, she reads Dr. Seuss books to him and talks to him in Spanish every day.