Routine adjustment

We're finding bathtime perks Quinn up, making him more difficult to get to sleep at night. Thus we're moving bathtime up so he can have some more playtime before bedtime routine. We'll see how that goes.

He's changing so much these days. He babbles away to himself much more. He's gotten much more dexterity. He has a plastic giraffe that he's quite adept at getting into his mouth. It's funny to watch - he sees the giraffe and immediately opens his mouth and starts sweeping his hand towards it, and if he doesn't get it into his mouth first try he gets quite agitated. He's much stronger now, able to sit up for a little while, and enough neck strength that you can hold him one-handed. You have to watch out for him launching himself though, arching his back suddenly and stretching out.

He's been particularly happy these past few days, smiling and giggling a lot. We think that if we hadn't been so attentive to him that he might have wailed enough to be called colicky (although it seems to me that most of those cases are inconsolable so maybe not). Whatever the case, he's definitely high needs. Colicky babies usually rectify themselves about 4 or 5 months of age, and I wonder whether non-colicky babies also go through a similar positive swing in disposition (are brain inter-hemisphere connections forming maybe?). Whatever the case, he's definitely fascinating to watch grow and develop. My paternity time off is definitely being a most enjoyable time.