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If I asked anybody reading this what I did for a living, they'd probably say, "I dunno... something with computers?" Well here is a very good case study that Microsoft did on Loomis that answers the question:
I'm the Software Development Manager for the SafePoint product mentioned in the video. That means that my team and I are responsible for all the software that is written for the SafePoint product. Robert Johnson is the Director of eBusines and my boss, and Wayne Sadin (the one doing most of the talking) is the CIO, who is Robert's boss.
The entire video was filmed at our corporate offices here in Houston. The complete case study is available here.
4 Months Old
October 16, 2009
Wow, it’s been a busy few weeks.
We were having trouble with Garrett sleeping through the night. We were doing everything we were supposed to. We were consistent in our routine, relaxed him with a warm bath, kept the lights dim and noises low, and read bedtime stories or sang lullabies. None of this was working. Every night we would put him down around 9pm and he’s always get up around 3am. But when he’d spend the night with grandparents he’d always sleep through the night. All the grandparent’s houses are warmer than ours by several degrees so we closed the AC vents in the nursery and doubled up on the blankets in his crib. We found Enfamil RestFull which digest slowly so he doesn’t wake up hungry. We switched him to that at night and I’m happy to say that for the last few weeks he’s sleeping all night. He goes to sleep around 9pm now and sleeps until about 7am. Mommy & Daddy don’t have bags under their eyes anymore!
Friday we went to the doctor for Garrett’s 4-month checkup. He weighs 15 lbs 4 oz (6.9kg) and he is 25 ¼” (64 cm) long. She said that physically and developmentally he is doing great. He drinks about 4-6 oz at a time and about 30-40 oz a day. He has a very mild case of Cradle Cap which is a crusty skin rash on his scalp. He had to get more vaccination shots which he didn’t care for at all but got over quickly. The doctor said he wouldn’t be ready for solid food for another 2 months. We go again for his 6-month checkup the second week of December.
He can roll over from his back to his front and from his front to back and he can hold his head up on his own. A couple of weeks ago he started to reach for things and grab them and hold on to them or, more likely, put them in his mouth. He has a couple of little stuffed animals and rattles and toys that he likes. His favorite is Tigger. He likes to suck on his tail.
He’s making a lot more noises now too. He jabbers a lot and it sounds like he really has something to say. Occasionally he’ll try to hold a sound as long as he can. Like “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,” until he runs out of breath. Or he’ll try to see how high pitched of a squeak he can make. Every now and then he’ll just let out an “EEEEK” real loud and then go back to what he was doing. He giggles now too when you tickle him or give him smooches on the neck.
This guy LOVES his fingers. The first thing he does in the morning and the last thing every night (and most of the time in between) he is sucking on his fingers. A lot of times he’s not really sucking on them though. It’s more like he just puts them in his mouth in order to make drool. He likes to try to get both fists in his mouth at the same time. A couple of times he’ll stick them so far in his mouth, he’ll gag. This skill combined with his new found voice makes for some interesting shows.
We’ve got some good videos that I want to post but I recently upgraded our computer to Windows 7 and my old video editing software isn’t compatible. As soon as I find some new software I’ll get them posted.
I can’t wait to get home from work every day to see what he’s going to do next.