Just Roll With It

So I have a baby book for Lukas and began filling it out a few weeks ago.  He's 15 weeks today.  So the first few weeks were not documented as things happened.  Although, most days went something like this: eat, sleep, poop, repeat.  And there weren't very many "milestones" to speak of.

But he started smiling sometime after week 1 and before week 15, but I couldn't tell you the day he smiled for the first time because I forgot to note it in his baby book.  However, smiling is probably a bad example since babies begin "smiling" before they actually "smile."  They "smile" when they're passing gas, for instance.  But he has been giving us big gummy smiles for a few weeks now.  I just don't know exactly when this began.

So in an effort to memorialize all his milestones as they occur, I'm going to try to blog about them the day they happen with the intent of transcribing them in the baby book at a later date.  You know, when I have more time and all.  Say when Lukas is like 18.

So to catch up:
-First time he laughed out loud: February 5th, 2010 (12 weeks old)
-First time he rolled over from BELLY to BACK: November 30th (3 weeks old)

I'm sure I'm missing others, but no use fretting about it now.

And there is a new milestone to add as of today!  Last night I woke up at 3:45am to Lukas crying loudly.  He was asleep in the pack and play in our room and had eaten about 3 hours before, so I thought he must just be hungry again even though it was a little early for him to need to eat.  So I walked over to him in the dark and put my hand in the crib to get him and notice that I was touching the back of his head.  And then I moved my hand and thought I felt his booty.  But this couldn't be, he sleeps on his back.  So I turned the light on and sure enough he was on his belly screaming at the top of his lungs.  He ROLLED OVER from back to belly!!  This was the first time he'd ever done it and it must have scared the hell out of him.  So I picked him up, comforted him, fed him and put him back to sleep on his back again and then went back to sleep myself.  Well an hour later I was woken up to his screams again. I turned on the light and there he was on his belly.  He'd rolled himself over again and was not too pleased.

So its official, we have a roller on our hands!  Let's hope he quickly realizes that rolling over is OK and not a reason to begin wailing at night...or we might have some long nights ahead of us.