Getting a grip on this whole "parent" thing....

Well, not bad....Joel is only four(almost 5!) months old and I finally feel like I am more confident in taking care of him. I seem to be improving with getting him to fall asleep for naps, and tonight for the second or third time recently I was able to get him to calm down and fall asleep in my arms during a MAJOR screaming fit. He sees Dr. Foldvary on July 31 for his next shots. I'm going to talk to him about Joel's temper recently. I don't know if he is teething or what, but he has been really irritable and grumpy. Maybe it's just a phase...let's hope so! He rolled over by himself this morning, but I think it was by accident! He was really confused about what he had done and started crying until I picked him up. We have also discovered that he is calmer on the walk if we turn his seat around so that he is facing out and can see where he is going. So far, so good. We have had some issues lately about his late night bottles with the cereal in them. We are having issues with the bottles clogging. The bottles with the bigger nipples seem to flow too fast and gag him. Very frustrating! He is smiling and making a lot of noises to respond to you still and is drooling all over the place. One of these days he'll hopefully have a tooth to show for it! Things are fine in general....Good night!