6 Month Check up

So, we had our 6 month check up and needle today!

Ethan is a happy, healthy boy and took very well to this needle. Just a small little fuss and that was it!

He weighed in at 17 lbs 4 ounces, and the debate is on about his height.

The receptionist measures the babies, and when she measured him it came up as 26.1 inches, which is pretty much what he was 2 months ago. So, they are going with the thought that he was 'mis-measured' at his last visit, but infact, when measured correctly at this visit he is just about 27 inches. I tried to show the receptionist that, and she wouldn't listen. Basically when she measured him she didn't straighten his leg completely, and it was over to the side, which obviously will give you an inaccurate reading. But, she knows what she is doing best, so of course she wouldn't let me show her different! Oh well!! I know the real truth .... LOL!!!

Our doctor has given us the go ahead to start giving Ethan dairy as well. So he is good to have cottage cheese, regular cheese and yoghurt. Of course, no milk yet other then breast milk! He once again had no issues with the fact that we are on 3 meals a day as Ethan is tolerating it all quite well and really enjoying his food!

Next checkup will be in February as a follow up for the Kidney Ultrasound and then in March for his 9 month check!!

Crawling by Christmas? hhhmmmm

So, in the last couple of days Ethan has began gracefully moving from his sitting position to his knees and was caught a couple times rocking back and forth while trying to reach a toy. Is this a sign that crawling will be in our near future? hmmm!

It is quite fun to sit and watch him play now as he knows what he wants and is working quite hard to get it. He is trying so hard to be mobile; to climb from my arms to daddys arms; or to move across the play mat to get the other toy he is wanting to play with. To see the look of determination in his eyes is just amazing.

He has began to also really study things. Look at the toys and try to figure out how they work and what they can do.

We got rid of his jolly jumper as he didn't seem to jump in it, and we have swapped it out for a jumper-roo that my parents got from a neighbour. He seems to quite enjoy that, and his exercauser, and seems to get a really good jumping routine down in both of those.

I can't believe that he is almost 6 months already, time has just flown by. He is getting so big and learning so many things each day its crazy.

On another note, we have a second tooth. It has just popped through his gums now and is on its way up. So by Christmas his two lower teeth should be all the way out :D He looks so cute with his little teeth!

And we Have a TOOTH!

So, on Monday morning, Ethan was his usual drooling, chewing self, and when he managed to get my finger into his mouth I felt something very sharp.
Upon some investigation we can see that he has his first little tooth cutting through the gums.

What an exciting time. The only real change to his days were that he was a bit more tired then usual for the 2 days before. We had no major crankiness, or outbreaks, no fever and no diarrhea!

I am not too sure how long it takes for the tooth to fully erupt, but I am sure that it wont take too long!

He is getting so big, its crazy! I still can't believe we are already at the point of a first tooth. Time is going way to quickly!

Happy 5 Months Little Man

Wow! 5 Months already. It is hard to believe this much time has gone by already, but yet it feels as though he has been here for so much longer. Ethan has become such a part of our lives that it is hard to remember what life was like before him. Other then the freedom to go to a movie that is pretty much the only thing that I have found different about our lives. Ethan has gone everywhere with us, and he is so adaptable to go where ever it is great.

We just bought his new car seat today as well as he has almost outgrown his infant seat. He is getting so big and is so aware of things that are going on.

Since learning how to sit last month, he no longer enjoys tummy time or laying on his back. He just wants to be sitting or standing all the time. He is learning how to stand while holding onto things now as well, and does manage to stand for a good amount of time. He has also actually tried to turn and grab onto another item and pull himself over a couple times as well. I wonder if we will have a walker at Christams time? If not by then, I am sure it will be soon after. I have a feeling as well that he may just skip right over the crawling stage and go straight to walking. Soon we will have to start thinking about babyproffing the house. What a task that is going to be!

Today, we celebrate his 5 months with a Date night for mommy and daddy :) My dad has picked Ethan up this afternoon to take him back to their place for the night. We will be free of baby for almost 24 hours. WOW! What are we going to do? It already feels so strange to not have him here at the house with us. Last time we were baby free for a night we were in Niagara so it was a much different feeling. I wonder how well I will be able to sleep tonight and if I will 'hear the baby crying' while I am trying to sleep?

Oh the Many Flavours of Food

So trying to think of all the things we have tried so far, and it is quite shocking how many items there are.

We have tried:

Rice Cereal
Wheat Cereal
Wheat Oat and Rice Cereal
Mixed Fruit

Sweet Potato
White Potato

Pears
Apples
Papaya
Nectarine
Banana
Apple Sauce w/ Cinnamom and Nutmeg
Butternut Squash
Acorn Squash
Broccoli
Zuchinni
Turnip
Peas
Carrots
Chicken
Pumpkin
Avacado
Farleys Biscuits
Chicken Pot Pie
Rice Pudding
Mango Pudding
Ice Cream
Jello


And this week we will try:
Beets
Parsnips
Tofu

So far the only things he hasn't been to fond of are the peas and carrots alone, and the broccoli, but once mixed with other things we can easily get him to eat them!! My boy loves to eat.

We also just graduated from the 1 oz (40 ml) food cubes to the 70 ml food cubes as he was eating 5-7 cubes each meal!

eeewwww .... Broccoli

So, we finally found a food that Ethan doesn't really like too much.

Broccoli

Made some up for him yesterday and tried it alone, with very little success. So, I tried adding in some cauliflower which he really enjoyed, and that also didn't succeed. I tried to give him the 2 again about 2 hours later and he still refused it. So, we put it away for the night!

So, tonight we tried it again with Broccoli, cauliflower and pumpkin and that was a no go! So, since I had some papaya out for his desert I added that into the mixture and he Finally ate it up!

So, if that is what it takes to get him to eat the Broccoli, then I guess that is what we will do :D

The True Discovery of his Toes

So over the last week or so Ethan has been noticing his toes and starting to try and put them into his mouth. It has been pretty funny to watch and to hear him as he tried to accomplish this mission.

On Friday we were at the mall with our mommy group and Ethan had socks and slippers on and he was being Very Vocal. He was talking really loud while looking at his feet. I couldn't figure out what he was saying or why he was being so loud and I finally decided to take his socks and slippers off, which resulted in him being very quiet. It was quite funny!

Then on the weekend he figured out just how to grab his feet and get his toes into his mouth. He even had both toes in his mouth at one point, which is quite funny!

Now that he has figured it out it had become quite the show when he has socks on, when he is in the bath, or even when he sees our toes. He 'yells' at them until they are in his mouth! What a funny guy!