Max is 8 Months old!!!

September 8th 2010- Max is 8 months old

Milestones achieved so far this month have been:

CRAWLING!!! Yes he is crawling. It is not hands and knees crawling it is army crawling. He has gotten fast and definitely goes for what he wants. He is trying to pull up on things but he is just not there yet. I think that he is going to walk early. All he wants to do is stand and jump :) It’s amazing to me how fast he grows...

We are up to three meals a day. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. He also has 2 snacks a day. He loves mum mums and puffs. I am still making his food at home fresh and organic. He has not showed dislike to anything and has not had any bad reactions to anything. We are grateful we have a good eater. Breastfeeding is still his main source of nourishment and will be until he is a year old.

We do not have his latest stats because he does not go to the Dr. until his 9 month. I will update everyone then.

Jordin starts 1st Grade!!!

Jordin started first grade today. He was so excited to get to school and see all of his friends. His kindergarten teacher moved to the first grade and is Jordin’s teacher again. We were excited about that because Jordin is comfortable with her. It was a little easier this year letting him go. I didn't cry like a baby like I did last year.  Here are a few pictures of the first day.

    

Max is 7 months old!!!

 

August 8th 2010- Max is 7 months old

Milestones achieved so far this month have been:

Rolling to get from one place to another. He has showed no interest in crawling. He watches all of his other baby friends crawl. He is content with sitting and rolling.  He like to sit and play with his toys. His favorite toy right now is Jordin's woody doll. He laughs every time he sees him. He can pick up small little yogurt bites and puffs and put them in his mouth.

He has started eating turkey, tofu, yogurt and a variety of fruits and vegetables. His main diet is still breast milk but we are now up to two feedings a day. Breakfast and dinner.

We are still going strong on the cloth diapering. I enjoy it more and I am sure Max likes the feel of the super soft cloth over a disposable diaper :)

 

Hanging out with Mommy.

 

Max Loves his blanket.

 

First time in a swing.

Max trying to feed himself.

 

This is the the face that Max made when Daddy walked away. Max sitting up playing with his toys.

                                        Max in his big boy car seat.

Cloth Diapering

We have made the decision in our home to start cloth diapering Max. We are really looking forward to the process and are excited to get started. The reasons we decided to do this is because it is so easy, economical, good for the environment and good for Max. We have done a lot of research on all of the different types and we finally settled on one. It is a one size, pocket diaper. The diaper grows with Max from newborn to potty training years. It is easy to wash and the best thing is we never have to buy disposable diapers again.

If you would like more information on cloth diapering here is a link that has great information and products.

http://www.bumgenius.com/index.php

Here is a picture of Max in his new bumgenius!!

Max is 6 months old!!

 

July 8th 2010 -Max is 6 months old!!

Milestones achieved so far this month have been:

Sitting without assistance, eating teething mum mums on his own, he laughs socially, he can pass an object from one hand to another.

At Max’s 6 month check up he was 17 pounds 7 ounces and 27 1/4 inches long. He was in the 50 percentile for weight and 78 percentile for height. He had to get his third round of shots again:( he cried for a few seconds and was over it. We were told to go ahead and baby proof the house and to lower the crib mattress to the lowest level.

He is still eating solids and we are still having so much fun feeding him. He is really starting to show preference over some more than others. He really like bananas and avocado. At his 6 month check up we got the go ahead to introduce more stuff. We are going to start with protein next week. I’m looking forward to tofu but I am not so sure about pureeing chicken and turkey. We will soon increase one feeding a day to three a day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I will keep everyone posted on how he does with the meat.

 

Let them eat cake!!

Jordin and I were grocery shopping and decided we wanted to make cupcakes so that is what we did!

Max is 5 Months!!

Max is 5 months already!! The time has flown by. I do not have stats for the 5th month because we only see the Dr. every two moths. At 6 months I will have the latest stats.

Milestones achieved so far this month have been:

Sitting unassisted at times. Rolling from back to front and front to back. Grasping objects and putting them in his mouth and eating cereal…You heard correct - eating!!

We have had so much fun with this learning process. We were going to wait until 6 months, but he was showing way too much interest in food not to try a little early. We had great success with the rice and oatmeal; we are now introducing veggies. Every 4 days we will introduce a new veggie, and in a few weeks we will add in my favorite, the fruit!

I have really gotten into the baby food making process so much that I make all of Max’s food fresh at home. I have had a lot of fun doing this and look forward to making new things for him to try.

Here are a few new pictures of Max eating cereal for the first time.

Here are a few of Max at 5 months!!