Sleep in his own room

Aaron started in his own room last night. He still woke up a few times in the night but nothing was too abnormal.

Nest

whenever Aaron wakes up in the nights , Mom's arm is the peaceful harbor to rest in. It reminded me of my kid time. No matter how happy I played at others places, I wanted to go back home when it is late.

Sweet boy

It was an abrupt decision to go to the bellevue botanical garden with Aaron on a sunny Saturday afternoon. This was not his first trip there, he had already visited when he turned one month full.

Aaron was very sweet. He smiled to almost everyone walked by. As a result, he received a few social interactions from them. Good boy, I hope you could keep it up.

Soothing bigger Aaron

Aaron is having a little tough time in getting back to sleep on his own recently. He often woke up in the night and cried for help. Mom would be the only one he would like to turn to. Dad is useless and thus not helpful.

Mom will have a dental appointment tomorrow, and had to prepare to get to sleep earlier tonight. Dad gave another hopeless try. It took me back to those nights that held Aaron in my arms and waved my body back and forth to sooth him. He now became so big that I could not completely hold him and waving/swinging does not work anymore. He cried hard till he had almost waken up. He then started to look around, either looking for mom or chasing light spots. I held him in my arm but upright, rocking and walking around in the bedroom. I sang the lullaby that I often sang to him, because I think this would be something that he would resonate (like in Mom's arms). After a while, he seemed soothed and I felt certain that he would not cry. I laid him back to the crib, gave one of my finger to his hand. This feeling took me back to the early days with him again. He was peaceful and yawned, but then sat up for a while. I held him up and tried the same procedure. He felt asleep in my arms, then I could transfer him back to the crib.

He is growing up and needs more emotional supports now. All those old physical techs (e.g. pacifier) can no longer be the all time life-saver.

How do different animals sound

Aaron is getting smarter. He loves me asking Google how different animals sound. We plays this a lot when feeding. He also laughs to some jokes due to silly sounds now.