Play Time

Everyone tells you that your children will all be different. It's definitely true and I think I started to see some of the differences between Cate and Keaton before we even got Keaton home from the hospital.

One big difference between them (as infants) is that Keaton likes to play on his tummy. Cate always hated being put on her tummy. With all the "back to sleep" efforts now, newborns don't spend much time on their tummies, so the "experts" really emphasize putting them on their tummies during play time for at least a few minutes each day. Keaton likes being on his side or his stomach. Of course, he really prefers it if I just hold him....but he'll tolerate some play time as long as I'm right beside him.

The biggest surprise? He can roll over all by himself. He did that for the first time about a week ago. He is very strong, particularly when he is angry about something. He turned over when Stephen was playing with him one day last weekend and he's done the same for me. It's hard to believe that he was just born six weeks ago and he's already turning over on his own...pretty soon he'll be getting his own dinner out of the fridge.