Favorite Things

Rowan is two months old now (Dr. on Friday,we'll post his stats.) So I thought I would share some of his likes and dislikes. Let's start with his dislikes:

• Being held in the cradle hold, unless you plan on nursing him or he is already knocked out.
  
• Putting clothes on, diaper is fine, but he would prefer to go with just that.
  
• The television, I guess he gets overstimulated by all of the background noise. We've now downgraded our cable to the very basic since we don't get to watch as much as we used to and when we did it was muted anyway. Maybe we will read more now.
• Red lights, stop signs or anything else that requires you to engage your brakes while driving. He prefers the car to move the entire time he is in the car seat.
• The bottle and a pacifier: we've tried a few different ones but he tends to gag and push them away. We've had a little success with this bottle and by success I mean no gagging. He has not actually sucked on it, maybe in time he will.
  

It could be much worse - he is a relatively laid back baby. Now for the things he likes.

• Smiling and laughing at Esten's forehead. He thinks it's a riot. Esten always wraps a towel on his head to dry his luscious locks after a shower and Rowan finds that humorous also.
• He has a mobile that he received from my uncle for Christmas and that is his new favorite thing to stare at. It is safari animals and he will lay alone in his crib and watch it go around and around long enough for me to get a restroom break and possibly check the mail (Oh the little things I appreciate now.)
  
• I have a touch lamp next to my side of the bed that I use at night and the lamp shade on it is embroidered with vibrant flowers, vines and birds. When he is awake at night and early in the morning he stares and talks to the lamp.
  
• The Grateful Dead - If he's fussy (luckily not too often) Esten plays GD vinyl albums and dances around with him and he usually falls asleep. If the music stops he wakes. Maybe it's just music he likes, but we're going with GD for now.
  
• He is still enjoying his tummy time. He presents new and I must say, very cute noises when he is on his tummy. This is a video from the beginning of this month. We'll post a new one soon from his play mat.
  
• Pooping in a clean diaper. It never fails, just after we've changed him he will let it all out. TMI?
• Taking a bath is another go to activity if he is upset. He has a plastic tub that has a hammock type contraption that keeps his head out of the water. He kicks his feet over the hammock to get them in the water and he will scoot down to get more of his body in the water too. Hopefully he will continue to like the bath.
  
• And lastly he loves to nurse. He's getting better at not wanting to nurse every 30 minutes but no doubt he loves it.