Little Alex

So as promised, here is how Alex is doing when comparing him to expected development.

Within a few days of birth will PROBABLY be able to:

*lift head briefly when on the tummy – we haven’t actually placed him on his tummy yet, but he does try to lift his head a look around when he is being burped
*move arms and legs on both sides of the body equally well – yup, he’s quite the squirmy baby, constantly moving and stretching his legs and hands. He even has a tendency to pull off his blankets and get out of his clothes from it.
*focus on objects within 8 to 15 inches – yup, every time I feed him he just stares at me. I really feel like he recognizes me, but that’s probably my imagination seeing as he’s barelyalmost 3 full days old.

That’s all that’s listed in the book. Of course, there are plenty of other things he can do. Like cry, eat, sleep, and poop. 🙂 But the book is more explaining development, so as a parent I can guage how he is doing. And Jen, thanks for the idea, hope you don’t mind I’m stealing it. By the way, her site is screamingweasels.net, in case you want to check hers out.