5 months old – Lots of changes
Today is Tuesday, February 17 and Josh is 5 months old now. So many things are changing these days. Josh did very well on his first two weeks of rice cereal and oatmeal. Tonight we moved on to his first “real” food. Crisi decided to start with peas and she made them rather than using baby food first time around. This way, Josh had food with decent flavor. She cooked the peas with some butter and just a touch of salt. We thought they tasted pretty good and Josh agreed. We couldn’t have imagined he would take to his first green vegetable so well. After dinner and his bath he went to bed in his crib for the first time also. We’re hoping to see him crawling soon.
He was baptized over the weekend and we’re planning to get those pictures up here sometime soon. We hope you all had a great Valentine’s day.
Take care!
Lots of play time
I know I might be a little bit partial, but I sure do think he’s cute. Here are pictures from the last couple of weeks of play time. Josh spends a lot of time with his “Pop’em” toy. It makes tummy time lots of fun!
February 2009 – Fun and friends
Lots of visitors these past few weeks and lots of fun was had. Here are some pics.
20 weeks – lots of new developments
Wow, what a crazy few weeks it’s been. Josh has started to really come alive and he’s learning new tricks every day! This really is an exciting time.
He’s now rolling back and forth from tummy to back and back to tummy. He is so close to sitting up completely unsupported and is trying so hard to crawl. He gets so frustrated when he can’t get to what he wants, but we’re pretty sure that the next step is just around the corner.
After a few unsuccessful tries in the past couple of weeks, tonight Josh finally took his rice cereal from a spoon! It took a little trickery on my part, but I guess that’s what being a mom is all about sometimes. He was a little leary of the spoon at first and wasn’t sure he wanted what was on it, but I dipped it into some “gripe water” and put it into his mouth and he loved it. Gripe water is really just glorified sugar water, so he’s always willing to take some of it. After a couple of dips of the gripe water, I started filling the spoon with cereal and we were off to a great start. After a few minutes of trying to spittle it out of his mouth, he finally started swallowing and even opening up wide for the next bite. It was so much fun. Travis and I are really enjoying these milestones. We’re hopeful that once he gets used to the rice cereal, his sleeping and gas will improve. Say prayers for us!!!
Here are some pictures of our first feeding. Enjoy.
