Toby now happily spends time on the floor by himself.  He creeps to a toy he might want, does 360 degree turns and generally looks pleased with himself when he moves somewhere.  The problem with giving Toby time on the floor is that Nathan generally wants to be a part of it and practically smothers Toby as he gives him cuddles.  Though I spend a lot of floor cuddle time telling Nathan “don’t put your fingers in Toby’s mouth” or “don’t lie on Toby” or “don’t put that on Toby’s head” or “don’t pick up Toby”, etc.  I always think it’s unfortunate that at a time that Nathan is showing some affection that there are so many don’ts  being thrown at him. Still, even though Nathan does a lot of things that could potentially harm Toby, Toby is always grinning his head off in the photos where Nathan is in the vicinity.

Elimination communication seems to be going well, though we are not doing it full time by any means.  Still, most mornings Toby wakes up dry even though he feeds half the night, I often catch a lot of wees during the day, and all poos for the last 2 weeks have been caught as well (though there have only been three of them).

Of all the toys that Toby has, he adores the squisher and is very vocal when he plays with it, just like his brother was at the same age!  He also loves playing with a toy that we hang off his baby capsule and that keeps him amused during car trips.

I have now had quite a bit of practice at wrapping Toby on my back, and am now quite confident doing it.  I recently also tried him on my back with the Mai Tai and that worked a treat as well.

And finally, Toby had his 4 months vaccinations a week ago.  They didn’t seem to bother him as much as the first ones…he still cried but was easily comforted this time.

Toby playing with the squisher

Toby in the car capsule with his toy

Nathan reading Toby a book