6 months!

"Hey, can you believe it? I'm halfway to one year already!"


I'm finding myself having a hard time believing it! Take a look at how he's grown over the past 6 months (clicky, so you can enlarge it):

Cam is such a fun baby these days. If he starts laughing, it makes me laugh, which makes him laugh even more. This goes back and forth, usually until I'm crying from laughing so hard. It's great. ;)

He's also doing much better at sitting up on his own now. He can tripod very well, and also sit pretty upright for just a few seconds. We do have to stay nearby, though, because he will inevitably topple over sideways or backward. The rolling is still inconsistent, and still only tummy-to-back. When on his back, he will pull his feet up near his mouth and roll to his side, but that's as far as he's made it. He's also still gumming everything in sight, and drooling(!), but the teeth still have yet to show up.

We have Cam's 6 month well-baby check up tomorrow, so I'll be back with his new stats!

STTN!

I've been waiting for oh-so-patiently for it to be my turn to say that my baby sleeps through the night. And last night, for the first time, he did it! (And I'm not talking about the 5-hour definition of STTN either...I'm talking about really STTN. My night.)

Well, he did wake up a few times, but Chris was able to pop the pacifier back in his mouth and he fell asleep again.

All I know is that he didn't wake up to eat in the wee hours of the morning. He was down from 6pm until 5am. And I slept from 10pm until 5am! Folks, that's a record! Take note!

And I'm sure I've jinxed it by writing this, and he won't do it again tonight, but a mom can hope. :)

Cats!

The day has come where Cameron is finally aware that the cats exist. He's actually fascinated by them; he squeals with delight and giggles whenever he spots them. It's adorable!

Leo is still skeptical of this loud, wiggly being.

But Cairo seems more tolerant, and has even let Cam pet him a few times. :)

The mobile

I was going to make some origami animals into a mobile; that was the plan. But they didn't look very interesting when viewed from below. And since the mobile was intended to hang above the changing table, I wanted it to look interesting from below!

Instead, my mom made some butterflies out of tissue paper, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. I then bought a dowel and hung them up. This is the finished mobile. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Look ma, no (adult) hands!

I'm beginning to wonder if Cameron might just skip the rolling phase entirely. He's still content to just lay there on his back or his stomach, and doesn't really make any real effort to roll in either direction.

But he's capable of sitting up on his own now...it's wobbly and he leans pretty far forward to support himself, but he can do it!

And if you let him grip your fingers, he can stand up and support his own weight too. Go baby! :)

Baby blues

So far, the eyes are still blue.

And I hope they stay that way!

Success! (?)

Want to see Cam's reaction to his first taste of the rice cereal?

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Can I have some?

So, for the past few weeks, Cameron has become increasingly more interested in food. Our food. And our drinks. Pretty much anything we're consuming.

His big, wide eyes stare and follow the food/drink as it moves from your plate to your face. He grabs for the fork and the cup. This guy wants you to share!

Alas, he's still too young for most everything we're eating and drinking. The pedi said at his 4 month appointment that if we're *dying* to start solids before 6 months, that we could probably try a little rice cereal when he reached 5.5 months. I really wasn't planning on starting until he actually turned 6 months, but he sure is letting us know that he's interested!

So, stay tuned. We're going to go buy some cereal for him in the next few days and see what happens! :)

Toes!

Cameron's latest discovery: his feet and toes. What fun!

5 months!

Happy 5 months, little man!


Actually...not so little! About a week ago we had to make the switch to 6-9 month clothing. The cloth diapers do add some bulk, but even in a thin little disposable, it was still hard to snap those 3-6 month onesies closed. So I quickly washed a bunch of new bigger items for him, and what do you know, they fit perfectly. They're not even that big on him, either!

What's new these days? Smiles and laughs, for sure. Chris and I get the biggest smiles when we walk into a room and he sees us, and especially when we see him at the end of a workday. It melts my heart! And he's laughing more too, definitely distinct from the giggles we used to get. He's more interactive in general, which is a lot of fun!

No teeth or rolling yet. He's gumming toys (like Sophie!) and drooling like crazy, but I have yet to spy or feel any lumps beneath the gums. We're working on sitting up, but he's not doing that unassisted yet. As for rolling over, he seems perfectly content to stay put when we lay him on his back. Sometimes when we put him on his tummy he will lean and then tip over, eventually rolling to his back, but it still doesn't appear to be very deliberate. I'm not trying to rush him, though! :)

Deliciousness

I want to eat my baby. Is that weird? ;)

You spin me right round, baby

Two nights ago I put Cameron back down to sleep in his crib after the middle of the night feeding. His head was on the left side of the crib (I know this because of the direction I was facing in the chair when feeding him.).

Well, when I went to get him in the morning, his head was on the right: a complete 180 degree rotation from where I left him. Odd, I thought. Maybe Chris came down in the early morning hours, picked him up, and put him back down the other way? And I slept through all of it? Or maybe, just maybe, he moved himself???

I asked Chris about it in the morning, and he said no, he hadn't come down. And he said that I must be mistaken, there was no way that Cam spun himself 180 degrees. He was totally convinced that I had forgotten which way I laid him down.

But then last night, Chris went to put the pacifier back in Cam's mouth, and Cam was rotated 90 degrees. Now, we never lay him down in that direction (along the width of the crib instead of the length, so his head and feet are both touching the bumpers). Chris realized that I must have been right. Ha! I knew I wasn't crazy.

And eeek...this sounds like the beginnings of mobility!

4 months!

We took Cameron to his 4 month well-baby check up today. The pedi was very pleased with his growth; he's tracking all his curves perfectly. At 16 lb 9 oz, he's still in the 85th percentile for weight (I guess his clothes contributed to the higher weight at BB&B); at 25.25 inches, he's still in the 75th percentile for height; and I don't remember the circumference of his head now, but he's still in the 90th percentile there!

He had to get two shots, one in each thigh. Poor guy! I'm just thankful he's too young to associate the doctor's office with needles. :o/

I tried to get him to crack a smile for the camera, but I got shut down.

Bumbo, baby, bumbo

Cameron finally has the head/neck control that he needs to start using his Bumbo. I think he likes being able to sit up and watch what's going on around him.

He was a little unsure at first...

...but he's enjoying it more each day!

Coordination

I've noticed that Cameron is much more coordinated these days. Not in his clothing choices (obviously...who thought that that bib coordinates with that sleeper??), but in his hand-to-mouth skills.

There's still the occasional whack to the forehead with the object he's holding, but for the most part, he can get the object in his mouth and chew on it. See?

Scales and sleeping

Cameron heard that he was supposed to have a growth spurt around 3 months, and he really took it seriously. He did some major growing!

I can tell he's taller by the way he fits on the changing pad, and in his car seat and swing. And I know he's heavier! But I didn't know how much heavier until Sunday when we took a little trip to Bed, Bath & Beyond.

We don't own a scale, you see. So I figured we could go there and borrow one for just a few minutes. :) I weighed myself, then Chris handed Cameron to me and we calculated the difference. He's now weighing in at 17.4 pounds. Chunky monkey! (Not quite 4 months old and already more than doubled his birthweight.)

This means that he should no longer be sleeping in the bassinet insert of the Pack N Play that we have set up in our bedroom, as the weight limit for that is 15 pounds. So, rather than take the insert out and have him sleep in the main part of the Pack N Play, I decided to finally make the transition and have him sleep in the crib in his room instead.

He's been napping there very well during the day, and spends the first stint of sleep there each night, so I was hopeful that he'd be comfortable enough to spend the whole night there. And he did very well! He's still not sleeping through the night, but he didn't wake up any more than usual.

It does mean that I become more alert and have a tougher time falling back asleep after checking on him or feeding him, however. Making a trip downstairs and sitting in a chair is far different than just going to the foot of our bed. But I think it's a good thing in the long run.