The Fun Continues

Well, the fun continues in our house.

Ethan is getting bigger and bigger each day and is learning many new things. He has started to stand on his own without holding onto anything, he is walking along any and all furniture that he can find. He is trying to climb on anything and everything. If there is something that he can climb over he will; tv tables, toys, legs, benches, foam cubes, steps; nothing can get in his way, and he certainly will not go around.

He has mastered climbing stairs as well, even though there was no practice required. He saw them and climbed them as if he was a pro and had been doing it forever. It was unbelievable.

He enjoys practicing his walking, and will tip over any of his larger toys to push along the floor to practice his walking. It is really quite cute.

We are running into issues with eating and sleeping again. Sleep has been very sporadic and all over the place. Still not doing much napping during the day, and if he does manage a nap it is usually a huge fight to get him down, and it only lasts for 30 mins to an hour tops. Night time is horrible with being up every 2-3 hours again for the last 2 weeks. Mommy is one tired lady. Not too sure if the sleep issues are due to teeth, 9 month sleep regression, night terrors, 9 month wakeful period or what, but I certainly hope that it will end soon and we can get back to sleeping.

Ethan has become what I want to call a picky eater ... lol ... although it is totally day by day what he will eat and when he will eat it. One day he will love something and the next he will just spit it out. So, I have no idea what is happening there, but it is keeping me on my toes and making me try and figure out new things. I never thought I would let my kid eat jello, yoghurt and animal crakers for dinner, but hey, if that is all he will eat, then I guess that is what he is getting :P

We have also figured out how to wave, say mama, and dada and telling many many different types of stories now. Can't wait for some of these sounds to turn into more words :D

Not looking forward to returning to work in a couple months as things are getting to be so much fun with him, but I know that it will be worth it in the end. Still trying to decide on what to do for work, and where to work, but hoping to find something in the durham region so that I dont have to do the commute to downtown and miss almost all the waking hours of Ethan's day. We will see what happens; so far no applications have resulted in anything!

Until next time :D

What A Monkey

Ethan is getting to be a very busy boy. He is pulling up on everything he can reach and is even trying to climb on things.

We have a box in the living room that he climbed on top of, and then proceeded to try and climb up onto the ottoman from the box. Then daddy took him off as he was trying to take things off of the make shift computer desk in the living room!

Once he was back on the floor he kept moving back and forth between the couch, the ottoman, and the box ... up and down, up and down, up and down.

He has also realized how to throw things around; toys, slippers, teething ring, whatever he can get in his hands can be thrown.

He is getting to be so strong and so curious. Trying to get into anything and everything that he can, including the cats water and food.

On another note, he is loving giving kisses. I even got a kiss tonight as he was falling asleep. It was the best mommy and baby moment yet.
He was almost asleep on my chest and he sat up, gave me a kiss and proceeded to fall back to sleep on my chest. So adorable, so sweet, and so awesome!!! He is becoming more and more like a little boy and I can't wait to see what amazing things we are going to enjoy in the near future :D

What a Week!!

This week we have mastered sitting up from the laying down position,  pulling up on everything, sitting down for standing up, eating more solid foods that aren't pureed and a new crooked and fun smile!

Last night we did some practicing of sitting once standing, and it was really cute. I looked over at him in his toy area and he was standing at his train table, and kept squatting down really slow. Then he would stand back up and squat really slow but a little bit lower.
Finally his bum hit the floor, and he pulled himself back up and proceeded to do this a couple times. The amount of learning is just unbelievable.

He is army crawling all over the place and moving quite well and quick; especially when he sees something that he wants (the cats, shoes, the laptop wire).

We have a 3rd tooth coming in on the top and so far nothing too painful for him other then the drooling and wanting to chew.

We are learning so much each and every day right now it is amazing. I can't wait until he figures out the actual walking. Will keep us much more busy, but boy will it be fun!

Here is a picture of our new crooked over exaggerated smile ... so cute and funny!!

And we Have an Army Crawler

Well, Ethan has been managing to get around lately by rolling and pushing himself in circles, but he is now officially an army crawler. He has figured out how to pull himself forward by using his arms, and is doing a pretty good job. He knows how to get into the cat food, the TV stand and anything that he shouldn't be into real quickly and you can see that he is on a mission to get there.

Right now he is playing with a receipt that was in a bag, which was in a box, that he managed to pull out. What a little turkey.

And of course he is talking away while he plays with the receipt ... I am sure  he is trying to 'read' it, as he does this with tags as well! It is quite cute.

His teeth are still bugging him, We have had a rough couple of nights with bed time as he has put up a real fuss when it comes time to go to sleep! He has had a high fever the last 2 nights as well, which was a bit scarry the first night.

Why is it that the fevers spike at night when it is bed time? Why are they find all day but then when it comes time to go to sleep its like a whole different baby? UGH!

Hopefully these teeth will come in soon though and we can be through all of this!

7 Months Old

Well, it has been a month since my last blog post. I am not keeping on top of this as much as I had wanted to, but hopefully it will get better soon!

So, what has happened in the last month with Ethan?

He is now trying to push up on both his knees and his arms, and is having some success. He has figured out the rolling thing, as well as how to spin around on his belly, so he makes it around the living room and play room fairly well and quite quickly.

Ethan has also decided that he continues to enjoy standing and has figured out how to stand against the furniture. He also is trying his hardest to pull himself up on his higher toys and the furniture.

He is getting so big it is crazy. He has started to also enjoy finger foods like cucmber, bread, cheese, broccoli, zuchinni, sweet potato, egg plant and anything else we can give to him that he can chew.

We have a lot to look forward to in the next coming months and life is getting much busier as Ethan is becoming more active. Can't wait until the spring when he is fully mobile and we can enjoy going to the parks and for walks, and most especially the zoo!!

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!