The Family Edelhay: Jordan, Alex, and Angus

Angus is getting bigger and stronger every day. Tummy time used to end quickly in a tired and collapsed Angus, but lately he's been loving it. When he's on his tummy he can control what he looks at and he loves it. Now he laughs loudly while he's looking around. Last week he was on his tummy in his crib. I caught him arching his neck so that he could see his swallow mobile across the room. He's holding his head up really high for a long period of time. He can see things and people that are far away and through windows. He's watching every moment.

We've been experimenting with having Angus sleep unswaddled. Two weeks ago we put him to bed unswaddled at 8pm. By 11:30, he had somehow managed to scoot his head into the corner of his crib. He moved himself 2 feet and as far as we can tell, he has only one rather crude mechanism for moving. He pulls up his feet, then his legs and his butt so that they're all suspended above his head. Then he lets his legs crash down to the floor of the crib, pushing him forward. He only does this when we're out of the room, and he never seems to cry or be upset when he does it. I think that this must be his first movement to see the world on his own -- how exciting. During his second sleep period, he managed to get himself turned around 90 degrees, and scooted himself over to the opposite corner of the crib. As you might imagine, the quality of sleep for everyone in the house has suffered a little. Angus was up all night with his project. Even though he thought he was stealthy, his Dad and I spent most of the night listening to his weird little crashing pattern.

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