6 months old.

I can’t believe it, but yesterday we reached the 6 month mark. I’ve said it a hundred times before, but time SURE DOES FLY BY!

Milo is now sitting up like a champ. And because of his ability to sit up, he’s now wriggling and moving all over the place. The other night he flipped himself so that he was sitting in his boucy seat sideways- almost upside down. We’re having fun exploring and playing with all his different toys. He is actually pretty interested in them now. When he drops a toy, or sees something he wants he works his way towards getting it. Since he can easily pick things up, he grabs just about anything you put in front of him. This is something I’m still getting used to, as he has on multiple ccasions, almost knocked entire containers of food right off of the counter. He loves to crumple and crinkle paper, and if you put the laptop in front of him, he starts banging on the keyboard like he’s typing. He loves to grab at your face, and if you are wearing glasses, he usually takes notices and gets a hold of them.

He is still eating pretty well. I gave him a teething biscuit the other night to keep him occupied while I cooked and BOY did he go to town with that thing. Are you supposed to feed those to babies naked? He had it all over his face, hands, shirt, pants, AND the bouncy seat. He would cry and fuss anytime it fell out of his mouth. I’d fish it out from under him and he’d go right back to town gnawing on that thing. He’s pretty dramatic when he doesn’t want to eat. Sometimes if he doesn’t like what you are feeding him, he closes his mouth tightly and gets red in the face and kicks his feet to let you know there is no way he’s eating any more of what you are trying to shovel into his face. He’s quite particular about his textures, and if something isn’t pureed as smooth as silk, forget about it.

He’s alot more vocal now. This little guy is going to have lots to say. He is, after all, my child And if he looks at you and you flash a smile at him without saying anything, he’ll flash one right back at you.

sitting up.

This whole week Milo has been really close to sitting up on his own. With a little support, he has been getting stronger and was able to stay up for a few seconds without toppling over. Well, last night, he proved he can do it for more than just a few seconds all on his own. And today, he has been able to sit up even longer! I am now able to not only let go of him, but actually move away from him, and he’s able to just sit there and play and support himself. Yay!

He also has discovered his new favorite toy: the red solo cup. Forget fancy baby toys people – nothing entertains him quite like this cup.

happy halloween!

he can move.

ruh-roh…milo’s getting more mobile! When we put him in one spot to play, he rolls around and scooches and he ends up pretty far from where he started out. Just today I laid him on his back in the middle of the living room floor on his blanket. About five minutes later, he was underneath the coffee table I was typing on, on his tummy like “Oh, hi there. Just checking things out…”

And see below…. I put him in this tunnel head first. Next thing I know, he completely turned his body 180 degrees and is hanging out of here! Even when you hold him, he’s wiggling about…..I don’t think its going to be too long until he’s going to really be moving!

hard to believe.

This time last year is when we went “official” with our news that we were expecting a baby. The next time I saw kelly she had gifts for me, these paul frank jammies included….and now milo fits in them!  And oh my goodness is he adorble in them. He looks like such the little boy in them, and not so much the baby. Last night he fell asleep on me, his long legs dangling off of me, and we just realized, again, how much he has grown in the past 5 1/2 months. Anyway, the jammies are too cute, and I must share photos so you can see for yourself.

 

 

 

watching him grow.

 

perfect example of milo's constant curiosity....reaching and grabbing for momma's camera.

Milo is growing and developing so quickly, right before our eyes. Just this weekend I’ve watched him do so many new things, reacting to his surroundings and environment. On Friday night, we were at Emily and Aaron’s for dinner and we were sitting across the table from Jake and Kristen. Milo was slapping the table with his hands and when he would stop, Jake would start doing it. Milo would watch him in amazement that Jake just did what he was doing, and when Jake was done, Milo would start doing it again. They went back and forth for a few minutes doing this, and it was so cool to see milo realize what was going on. This seems to be his new thing, as he and dj were doing this again the other night. (future drummer, future drummer!)

Milo has also realized how cozy mom and dad’s bed is. Over the past few weeks he hasn’t been sleeping so well –  he has been waking up quite a bit throughout the night. Recently, its only been like 1-2 times, so were making progress. During these multiple wake ups – we can usually get him to go to right back to sleep, but sometimes its more of a struggle than we have energy for….Since we’re half delirious when this is happening, we’ve been laying him down in between us in our bed, and he falls right asleep…and will sleep for hours this way. Yesterday he woke up around 5:50; I brought him into our bed and the little bugger slept until 9:30!  Later him and I took a 90 minute nap in our bed as well.

We’re back on track with feeding. Milo loves loves loves pears and apples. He tried avocado but wasn’t really having it. He kept gagging and making faces, so well try again another time. Tonight we’re going to try butternut squash. 

Milo is also getting much more mobile. When we plop him down on a blanket to play, he instantly starts rolling over and he usually ends up pretty far from where he started. He figured out how to roll his way around in his tunnel and usually ends up somewhere outside of it. 

I still can’t believe that this time last year I was just starting to spread the word that I was pregnant, and now I’m toting around a 5 1/2 month old baby boy. It just keeps getting better and better each day!

 

 

 

little brothers need to share too.

I found mr. maddox like this the other night…….making himself cozy right smack in the middle of milo’s action.

baby shower.

Sunday was the baby shower for milo’s future friend: baby book. We had a great time and milo got to meet Jack, who is exactly one month younger than milo. When we introduced them, milo made all kinds of screechy noises (this is his new thing – he screeches and squeals like a maniac.) and was trying to grab and touch him. Jack wasn’t really having it and looked at milo like he was a crazy man. 

On our way out, jack was all bundled up in his car seat except for only a small opening so his mom can see him, and he can breathe.  Dj decided to dangle milo over the opening so milo can say goodbye to jack. Milo said goodbye alright – he spit up right on jack through that little hole. I don’t know if I should laugh or be mortified. Jack and milo are NOT off to a good start.

 

jack and milo saying hello to their soon-to-be-new friend, baby book!

 

as a thank you, kelly made mommy and milo matching hats....and the parents-to-be, being silly!

5 months.

Milo started his fifth month chattier than ever. He woke up making all kinds of sounds and noises and this continued on most of the morning. He is super curious about everything you put in front of him….constantly grabbing and reaching for things. The food situation has gotten much much better! He has now eaten successfully carrots, sweet potatoes and peas. Oh, how he loves the peas. He gave carrots another chance, seems to really enjoy sweet potatoes, but he is most excited when he eats them peas. He coo’s and makes all kinds of happy noises in between spoonfuls. Nom!

I also noticed last night that he fits in a lot of his 6 month clothes already! He is outgrowing a lot of the 3-6 stuff, especially sleepers. That seemed really fast. Out with the old, in with the new I guess. 

Milo is starting to be able to sit up with some support. He doesn’t slump over as quickly as he used to. He’s growing fast and getting strong!

carrots: FAIL

Milo had his four month check up today (although hes going to be 5 months on sunday). He is now 15.6 lbs. and 23.75 inches long. He had to get two shots and did great. He cried for about 6 seconds, not even with tears. I don’t know if I would even call it crying. He got red in the face and kind of fussed pretty loudly, and that was about it. Good job little man!

The doctor was all about Milo starting solid foods, so tonight I cooked up some carrots for him. He wanted NOTHING to do with those carrots. At first he was a little bit tolerant, kind of mashing it back and forth cautiously in his mouth; but after a few more spoonfuls, he was just not having it….screaming, crying, spitting and even gagging by the end. We didn’t make it too far. I mixed it with his cereal and and milk, like the book suggested, thinking it would be helpful to mix something foreign with something familiar; it didn’t matter. I also tried giving him the carrots plain- forget about it… not having any of that either. We both ended up with carrots all over our clothes anyway, and I figure we’ll try again tomorrow. He was a little off tonight – I think those shots did him in and he wasn’t totally himself. Hopefully he will sleep it off tonight, and we can start fresh tomorrow. Wish me luck! I’m going to be pretty devastated if my little veggie baby is a picky eater!

* update: I sent some carrots with Grandma Sue today and just got word that milo ate most of them! I thinned them out a bit, and she ran them through her blender again, and it seemed to go much much better. I think milo was having a rough day yesterday. The shots did him in; he was over tired and probably pretty achey. Today he was much more himself; and the carrots were a success!