It feels like this post has taken me three years to write! Alex is changing so fast- it's hard to keep up with him!
At his last appointment around Christmas he was at 18 lbs and some ounces that I forgot... I remember he was in the 75 percentile though! Height and head were around average as well. He's wearing 6-9 months now. He's got all his fat stored in his cheeks and his thighs which still have about 6 rolls. I would be ok if he kept those until he is 8.. So cute.
Sleep
He had a rough stretch around Christmas. I'm not sure if it was a growth spurt, possibly ear infection, teething, whatever it was he slept like crap for a good two weeks. He would wake up every 2 hours and need nursed back to sleep. Around six months I noticed when I was nursing him to sleep at night he wouldn't settle down and fall asleep on the boob like he used to. I started to put him down in his crib after nursing for a few minutes and he would fuss for a few minutes then fall asleep and sleepy for 4-5 hours! I'm not sure if this is really considered crying it out (which I thought I was against...) add this to the list of things I thought I would never do as a mom. After seeing how much happier he was after a good sleep I feel totally fine letting him cry a little to get to sleep. I'm still not sure if we're in the clear but he's had a few consistent weeks of sleeping at least 6 hours at a time. Now it's just a matter of mom and dad going to sleep while he is sleeping (bedtime at 7? Sure, why not! I haven't slept in six months...)
Eating
Started baby food a month ago. Doctor recommended rice cereal first but Al was not a fan. We tried it a few times with no luck, and then just gave sweet potatoes a try and he was hooked. It was so nice not having to struggle to get him to like it! He's still not really taking a bottle. But since he gets at least two baby foods a day I'm not nursing him as much.
Development
Our little guy is officially on the move- watch out ladies! ;) He started trying to crawl probably like a month and a half ago. He incorporated a little army crawl, scoot, roll, and even walking on his hands and feet. Usually all of those things combined moved him about two feet. It was basically overnight that he realized he didn't need to do all that & then he got really fast- and we were in big trouble. I didn't expect baby proofing to be a big deal. I put some socket plugs in awhile ago and figured I would just "keep him away" from the dangerous stuff. ha! what a joke. We are in the market for a new entertainment center since ours has everything out in the open. We took down our dvd storage thingy since it was way too tempting for Alex to climb. Our surround sound speakers are now off of their stands and sitting on the floor... not sure what to do with those besides mount them ($$$). Anyway my point is... caging the beast is the only way for mom to get 5 seconds alone to take care of mom stuff. (like, you know, brush my teeth, use the potty, pour a glass of wine) ha!
Before he realized he was caged...:)
so cute!
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