Summary and Behavioral Notes - End of Session

Sleep - a 6 or 7 hour shift followed by an hour awake and another 2 hours of sleep - up by 6 - sometimes waking a time or two for a cuddle - can't remember how this compares- I'm not getting enough sleep =)
Eyes- I think they are crossing worse- it appears that he's working them harder- trying to do more
Hands- opening Right to drop toy, using left a little more, trying pincer grasp and when failing uses rake of hand with the remaining 3 fingers instead of all 5
Arms- I've been using the word "no" to get him to stop the ATNR left arm bend with a fit at night or with frustration as when he rolls - maybe he is becoming more aware because sometimes I say no and he stops it instead of me having to force it to stop
Legs - crossing terribly when walking, seem weaker, is this less high tone - a good thing in theory but makes walking harder - otherwise still kicking equally Hips- still seem more flexible and assisting more in rolling - all the way over a little easier - Also - legs kick when he's on a flat surface trying to roll- he learned this in our roll off the bed game and is translating it to a flat surface- I'm proud of that transfer
Eating- pretty solid - increasing, tolerating well - however on this last Saturday (the one before Thanksgiving) I began to notice reflux type problems starting and have increased a bit over the last few days.  One morning he wouldn't/couldn't eat much although I'm very regular with his medicine for the reflux - otherwise is able to eat a lot of puffs and large bites of food
Awareness - there is this weird thing he's doing where he is getting upset when watching a particular scene in Elmo's world where he interprets it as something bad is happening to Mr. Noodle - there are 2 scenes to date (nov 25) where he's crying over something that is happening to mr noodle- one is where a kite takes him away and another is where he's a butterfly and a large net is trying to trap him -the kids narrating the scenes do act in mock-panic and he literally falls apart watching the scene and recovers as soon as it's over - I'm currently working to reassure him and making sure to be present for these scenes
Also- when his turn to get checked for his ears was over - even if the kid next to him (in my test case, another baby) is getting checked he doesn't get upset like he used to- and then I had the tecnichian pretend to check him and still he wasn't worried- I wasn't holding him down like usual for an ear check but it was interesting that he made that distinction
Crawl- more likely to get into crawl position and rock back and forth a little once I have his arms propping him up - not really making crawling motions like he has in the past but strengthening by being in that position
Verbal- same although I feel like there's something going on there - better babbling to the elmo dvd maybe and better noises, nothing that makes any more sense but somehow better
Mood- I am more able to leave him on the floor to run to the bathroom - he's becoming more relaxed about this situation - and his sense of humor is increasing in what all he finds funny and will entertain him