Big 6 Month Old Baby

Wow. It's been a whirl wind of a couple of weeks. Andrew has "grown up" so much! It all seems to be happening so fast, so I have to take time today to make note of it all.

Change #1: Sleep. Can't we just leave well enough alone? Of course not. At Andrew's 6 month visit, the doctor instructed us to take down his mobile and bumper pad. Since he's getting stronger and more inquisitive, they might be a danger to him. Let's just take it all down. Hello super shock for the baby. So, why did we spend the first 6 months sleep training, so that in the blink of an eye, we could change his entire sleep surroundings?! It makes no sense to me. Luckily, we had a solution hanging on his monkey coat rack, his Lovie. His Aunt Bre and Uncle Nathan bought him his Lovie when I was about 4 months pregnant. Holy crap does he love his Lovie. As soon as we hand him Lovie, he smooshes his face to it and snuggles really hard. I have sneaked in a few times to snap shots of this. I know what you're thinking, "Is Porcupine being replaced as best friend???" Don't worry Porcupine gets plenty of slobbery love in the daytime.

Another downfall to taking down the bumper pads is that we can't sneak in to check his sleep status... We get caught every time.

Change #2: Sitting. Although he cannot get to the sitting position on his own, he will gladly sit any time you sit him up. He will stay that way until he crashes and burns...Poor Grandma Sharon witnessed this first hand.

Change #3: Solids? Well, introducing solids has been interesting, but we have been far from successful. We took a break for a while. Let's just say Andrew isn't a fan of solids just yet.

Change #4: Daycare. Tears. Lots of tears. The good news is that the tears were all Mommy's. He loves Miss May and seems to be doing really well there. The transition has been tiring, though. He did very well considering we force-fed him yucky solids, took away his mobile, turned his bed into a jail cell, and gave him the responsibility of sitting on his own. His only rebellion to all of this was waking up at 4-ish every morning this week. Awesome. Of course, Chris and I don't have to work on Saturday or Sunday, so he slept till 7:30 both those mornings. Chris and I were up at 5 and 6am , respectively. Awesome. Actually, it has been. We all caught up on some much needed sleep. Cross your fingers for sound sleeping during the weeks to come.

Here's Andrew sitting up and ready for his first day with Miss May. He's such a big boy. (He looks a little zoned out, but he gets that expression from his Daddy.)

Change #5: Holding his bottle. After just one week with Miss may, Chris started to feed Andrew, and Andrew did all the work. More tears. He's such a big boy!

At least some things never change.

:)

Anne