It is impossible not to notice that Asa is growing like a weed. From day to day there are almost drastic changes - in his size, his strength, his alertness. Still, being so close to him, it's harder to see it, until this week, when three things happened:
1) Naps became just that: naps. Definite parentheses in the middle of an otherwise-wakeful day. They're not on any sort of schedule, and can be tripped up by things like car rides, but we've definitely moved into the realm of mostly-awake. (On a similar note, nights are becoming good sleepy times. The past two, there's only been one wake-up call, around 3am. Aaaah. Sleep.)
2) I had already gone through and weeded out some of the newborn-sized clothes, and pulled out some of the smaller 3-month stuff, which fit pretty well. But he didn't feel all that much taller until a couple days ago, when I put him in the car seat and realized his feet hung off the edge. Hmm. Turns out that with the fleece snuggle sack in the car seat, we hadn't been able to tell that his bum wasn't right down where it should have been, and that the shoulder straps were positioned way too low. So after another delightful round with a set of
Graco instructions, Asa's car seat is set for "bigger baby". And he is much, much happier.
3) He had his third pediatric visit this morning. His NP is in love with him, of course - how could you not love our little boy? He was calm and mellow throughout, and had grown about an inch (see n°2), but the real shock to us was his weight - at 10lbs 6oz, he's gained nearly 3lbs in the past month! WOW! (Go Mommy!)
But he's still not sure how he feels about raspberries blown on the belly. In time, Asa Bean.
