Asher

I always leave Asher out!  I realized that today.  So I should record some things about him while I'm thinking of it.

1 week shy of 6 months...
*pushing up really high on arms, and even pushes his belly up off the ground
*doesn't crawl, but when left to his own devices, he manages to move 6 feet across the room...somehow.
*LOVES to be on his tummy.  I recently figured out that sometimes he's fussy when I'm holding him because he wants to be down on his own trying to move and exploring a toy.  If that's not the complete and utter opposite of Owen!!
*Always sleeps on tum; flips right over as soon as you put him in his crib.
*Occasionally manages to flip the other way, but not often.
*FINALLY got him back to just one night feed.  Whew.  We are all sleeping better again after the holiday travel.  Schedule right now is roughly...
6-6:45am wake
7:30 nurse, then then cereal + fruit or veg
9am nap
~11am nurse
12:45pm nap (12:30 to 1 window to start nap)
~2:30 nurse, then maybe a tiny bit of food
[Occasional 4:30-5pm nap; getting rarer]
Nurse ~4:30pm, then cereal + fruit or veg 
Bed between 5 and 6pm (maybe 6:30 if a 3rd nap, but rare)
Feed ~3:30am
*doesn't like a dirty diaper...Owen never even noticed; also a big difference
*loves toys
*starts to cry/fuss preemptively when Owen draws near with malice in his eyes (sigh, sibling rivalry has begun, and it's severe)
*giggles aDORably when kissed, especially when he's in his birthday suit on the changing table
*always returns a smile
*does not like extended intense eye contact with strangers...always makes him cry!
*has had pears, apples, prunes, sw. potatoes, squash, bananas, peas, brown rice cereal.  didn't care much for the peas or plain cereal.  likes cereal mixed w/ other food.  Oh, and he's had juice...unintentionally.  I caught Owen heading toward Asher's mouth with the straw in his juice box.  I said, 'No Owen, Asher is just a baby and he can't drink juice!'  So what does Owen do of course but look me in the eye, turn around and squeeze the box so a nice jet of juice squirts right into Asher's mouth.  Time outs, whoopin's....the child is a limit-tester.  Incidentally, Asher really enjoyed the juice.
*so, so fat.  insanely chubby legs.  at least three fat rolls above the knee...if you can even call them knees.
*big, wide-open baby blues!  just like brother, always catches attention for those eyes.
*sometimes he's started to vocalize along with me when i read his bedtime story.
*likes to fall asleep in the car...Owen would never do that!!!  it's awesome; he'll even let me move him inside and stay asleep a lot of the time.  wow.
*is doing this thing right now where he slaps his hand down over and over on a surface, especially the high chair.  pretty hard!  sort of like, 'c'mon woman, bring me my dinner!'
*unlike my experience with owen at this age, i would prefer if this one staid put.  he is adorable, sweet and manageable.  i am totally smitten!  i was smitten with owen too, but much more overwhelmed.  i am still overwhelmed right now, but it is still by owen :}

addendum:  and oh yes, I nearly forgot!  Every time we get to the last page of Woof's Bedtime, Asher starts cooing and just lights up with happiness.  He LOVES the picture of the big yellow moon with a friendly face.  I find it so adorable since Owen never did anything like that.  What the heck did we manage to do to Owen?  I wonder if we had a bonding problem with all of that bad breastfeeding dynamic for months on end.  Because he just never developed normal social interactions as an infant.  Hmpf.