growing baby

Roan and Mateo are such wonderful little brothers.  Mateo loves touching Roan’s hands and face, kissing Roan, and, if he’s supervised, holding Roan on his lap.  Mateo even wants to carry Roan, but he’s a bit too little himself for that.  While Roan’s so little it’s hard to say whether he likes anything in particular, it seems like he’s extra talkative when he’s with Mateo, cooing loudly when we read stories to both of them or when Mateo’s playing right by him.

In general, Roan’s a very happy baby–he’s been smiling a lot and making happy oohs and aaahs.  Roan’s very mellow unless he’s hungry–he even tolerates tummy time for a fairly long stretch.  He still sleeps a ton, especially on people or in his swing.  He’s also been sleeping okay during the night–he usually wakes up every 2 hours to eat, but he’s done a few 5 hour stints that have made his mama and papa very happy.  Roan’s also already been on lots of adventures with Mateo–he’s visited Mateo’s daycare, gone to the Annenberg Beach House and Huntington Gardens, and strolled along the promenade (all snug in either the Ergo carrier or his moby wrap).

Mateo’s speaking more every day, including inserting some “ums” and “I means” that are normal in adults but seem so terribly cute in him.  Mateo also said his first I love you….to his Nemo bathtoy.  Oh well, hopefully “I love you mama/papa” won’t be too far behind “I love you, Nemo.”  Mateo’s also starting to love made-up stories, especially at bedtime.  He keeps asking for more libros (books) and I have to remind him their called cuentos (stories) instead.  Mateo’s also taken up a new hobby recently–D.J.ing: he takes all his kids cds in and out of the cd player and changes songs, repeats, and so forth.  He’s particularly interested in the number of the song and requests songs in the car by track number.  Most excitingly, Mateo’s starting to read!  He knows easily 50+ words by memory and he’s also starting to sound words out.  You should see him have a go at Dr. Seuss’s Hop on Pop!