Sippy Cup!

For the past couple weeks, anytime Colby could get his hands on Emily or Kyle's sippy cups, they were in his mouth almost instantly!

I was a little worried about Emily and Kyle's reaction if I gave Colby one of their sippy cups, so I let them pick out sippy cups for Colby on Thursday at the store.

When we got home, they asked as soon as their shoes were off if Colby could have water in his cup. So I washed one of the out and gave it to Colby.

Emily wanted to help....

Colby didn't like the water when it was cold... but seemed to enjoy drinking like his brother and sister once the water was room temp.

He seems to have gotten the hang of it by himself now after a couple days...

Whenever Emily and Kyle have their water cups, they have to make sure Colby has his too..

Colby says Bye Bye to his Pacifiers

I decided on Monday that Colby was done with pacifiers. We said they were going to be gone at six months... and since we are taking a long road trip four days after he turns six months, I decided he was going to say bye bye to his pacifier a week early.

Day 1:
I put Colby down for his morning nap and he cried for about ten minutes. I put him in his swing (which is semi normal for his morning nap) and he cried for about five more minutes and then went to sleep.
For Colby's afternoon nap, he nursed and went to sleep like normal. After I laid him in his bed, he did wake up for a couple minutes, but went back to sleep quickly.
At bedtime, he nursed and fell asleep like normal...

Day 2:
After 20 minutes of screaming when it was time for Colby's morning nap, I tried getting him calmed down and nothing was seeming to work. I caved and gave him his pacifier and he instantly calmed down and went to sleep. As soon as I laid him down in his crib, I took his pacifier away and he stayed asleep.
He had a short afternoon nap on the way home from Lansing in his car seat. He fussed for a couple minutes once in his seat, but fell asleep quickly.
After we got home, he played for a while and then nursed until he fell asleep for a long late afternoon nap.
Bedtime was the same as normal, he nursed and fell asleep.

Day 3:
There really wasn't a morning nap today. Colby hung out and rested in his wrap while we went grocery shopping.
After lunch, he nursed for a long time and fell asleep. He was asleep about an hour and was fussing. He nursed some more (for a long time) and fell back asleep.


Colby had been only  waking up once at night, around 3am, wanting to eat. The past two nights he has woken up multiple times and fall back asleep nursing. I'm not sure if its has anything to do with no pacifier or if he really is just hungry, as he has eating a ton in the middle of the night.

25 Weeks Old

The camera was having a hard time focusing.... daddy turned off the lights to see if it would help!

24 Weeks Old