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August 15 MilestonesThe development of a child is often measured not in time but in milestones, or those events in the progression of life that are significant not just to the individual himself/herself, but also to those around them.
A child under 5 seems to have watershed moments seemingly once a week. For those uninitiated amongst us, children progress rather quickly and parents obsess unendingly about their development, especially when we make the classic mistake of comparing our children to those around us. We often forget the bullshit factor when listening to other parents espouse how little Johnny or Amber was able to recite the alphabet at 18 months and could calculate the square root of 144 at 24 months. Apparently the fact that little Johnny was still drooling and eating his own snot was not indicative of his genius IQ!! Sarah progressed pretty much according to what all the "experts" say. She was a little late in the walking game but that is probably because Lloyd was inclined to carry her everywhere and she was smart enough to know that being carried was less work than walking.
Brennan has a bunch of milestones in sight, some of which we are more excited to see him reach than most people can imagine - sleeping longer during the night, which is supposed to happen around the 6-8 week mark; the passing of the high risk SIDS phase and colic at 3 months; teeth, which starts pretty much any time after 3 months and seemingly never stops; eating solid foods, which can start with pablum at 4 months; crawling, maybe as young as 6 months; walking at 10-15 months; talking in a language that is discernible to the human ear (I think animals can understand what a baby is saying but definitely not any human I know of); etc etc etc
Brennan seems to be fighting the first milestone, which is the one we so desperately want and need. All parents, at some point, gaze down upon their screaming child at 4am and ponder that one important question - can I afford a live-in nanny who will get up with this insomniac in the middle of the night? Or more importantly, why can't the pharma companies come up with children's sleep aids??
Last night he slept for about 4 hours, which is a long stretch for him. We are hopeful that over the next 2 weeks he will slip into a pattern of sleeping for 5 or 6 hours at night, much the same way Sarah did. We are also looking forward to the end of his colic, which in truth is not so bad. He has his moments, as all babies do, but a little gripe water and some earplugs for us seem to work the trick (my personal preference is to turn up the TV really really loud but Jess said that is bad parenting ... is it still bad parenting if I am watching a show about parenting really really loud?? must discuss this with her).
The kid is turning into an eating machine. He eats up to 5 or more ounces every 3 hours. Jess often laments the fact that she spends most of her days sitting on the couch feeding him, but on the flip side she is grateful she is not breastfeeding, otherwise the kid would be permanently attached to her boobs.
Sarah has taken to him quite nicely. She tries to play with him, kisses him and wants to help change him. She often refers to Brennan as "my baby". Speaking of Sarah, she is turning into chatty Cathy. The kid can talk for hours on end, the exact topic of her endless dialogue is still a mystery to me. Like other parents I prefer to think she is attempting to explain the theory of relativity to me but in reality I think she is trying to tell me why Dora can walk around the jungle without a gun.
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