Trying Pears

I think these faces are hilarious. Am I cruel or what? hahaha....

We're back!

It's been about four months since I last posted and now that I finally have time to blog again, I don't even know where to start! Micah has grown so much so I will just have to sum it all up as best as I can!

Stats:

Age: 6 months

Weight: 18lbs

Length: about 26"

Sleeping:
Micah loves going to sleep! He is down to about three naps a day: a morning nap, a lunchtime nap, and an afternoon nap. He usually goes to bed around 7pm and then wakes up everyday around 8am. Of course he wakes up 2-3 times in the night to eat. 

Eating:
Micah just recently started on baby food. He has tried rice cereal and all the orange vegetables: carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, etc. We are going to green vegetables, fruits, and then meats. As a taste test one day, we tried pears and he did not approve! (watch video) It is so nice because we qualify for the WIC program and get his food for free!


Playtime:
The little guy has turned into quite the roly-poly. He loves rolling around on the ground with toys. His favorites right now are his squishy blocks, his jungle jumperoo, and his music ball.

Discoveries/Accomplishments:
He has started sitting up but is still slightly tipsy. He likes practicing by sitting in his bumbo seat. He is also getting his first tooth so everything is in the mouth or covered in drool.

Sounds:
It is hard to even put his silly personality into words. His laugh is so contagious because it's straight from the belly. He is totally a boy and instead of baby squeals, he gives us manly grunts. He has also recently started babbling, mostly saying "woes" and "woos." Sort of sounds like E.T. haha.

Micah is so joyful and just lights up our day. 

It's very easy to just live our lives and truck him along with whatever we are doing. We are loving every minute of the stage he is in right now.

Tummy Time

What could cause such a happy baby go from this face...

...to this face? 

Answer: Tummy Time! As much as Micah loves his play gym, he hates tummy time. My doctor told me he needs to be on his tummy about 10-20 min a day to strengthen his neck muscles as he'll try to lift his head. So after every play session in his gym, I flip him over for the last few minutes on his tummy. 

As you can see...he's not a big fan:)

We've tried both with the pillow and without but it doesn't make much of a difference to him. And now he's developed a new cheating method where he'll just attempt to roll onto his side instead of lifting his head! 

Little stinker:)

Tummy time always ends in tears so I usually only let it last a few minutes and let him practice lifting his head when he is upright. (He's getting really good at that at least.)

Couldn't pass up this cute little hiney shot haha.

I love my play gym!

Micah is growing! This week, along with learning to smile he has also started paying closer attention to toys. One of his favorite morning activities during his wake time is to play in his play gym. This was a gift from Grandpa John & Grandma Pam at my shower and he loves it! He gets comfy on the whale pillow and loves looking in the mirror and listening to the music. He also really likes the hanging rattles and gets a big smile on his face when he hears me shake them. Soon we will start practicing 'tummy time' using the play gym - he's not a big fan of that yet:)

 

 

First smiles

Finally! After all the sad scrunchy faces we've been seeing a few of these big goofy grins. It does take a lot of work to get one but it's so adorable when I do:) I usually have to wait until there has been a big poopy diaper (too much info, I know) and he is relieved to have it changed. Then I have to talk in this ridiculously high-pitched voice and poke his cheeks.

 

This one is a lot more subdued, but I like to see this face as well. He looks satisfied:)

Hopefully there's a lot more of these happy faces to come!

The turtle

Honestly, who sleeps like this? Our crazy boy loves to sink deep down into his blankets and cover his face during nap time. It drives me crazy because I am constantly needing to pull the blankets down for fear that he'll suffocate in there. But no matter how many times I attempt to uncover him, he always finds a way to duck into his little blankie shell like a turtle. When I usually swaddle him, the blankets start at his shoulders and if you look at this picture he has managed to wiggle down so that they are all the way up over his head!! 

Perhaps it is a little too bright in our house? :)

Breaking him in to the chaos

It could possibly be bad parenting, but we've been taking Micah to youth group and into the church service each week. We wanted him to get "broken in" and used to being around all the crazy kids. It actually has been going pretty well, except I learned a few things the hard way..haha....

#1. Loud worship music and drums + baby = bad. I must have been desensitized but I seemed to forget how loud our worship music was until we got blasted that first night. Poor Micah about jumped out of his onesie. Lesson learned: Remove baby from youth room before worship begins. He sure likes to hear the music from the hallway though.

#2. Baby needs limited time with Junior Highers. We recently started a jr high program on Wednesday nights for an hour. I didn't think an hour would be too bad for Micah and I to hang out with 5-7 of these 6th & 7th graders. But then I realized how CRAZY this age group is. Last week Micah was way overstimultaed by their chaos and his eyes were as big as saucers for about 20 minutes after it ended. So now we leave a little early haha.

#3. Getting out of church early to feed him = impossible. We are very blessed by having so many people who love us at church. But this means that about 50 older ladies are going to surround Micah like a celebrity and each need a good long turn holding him even if it's 20 minutes past his feeding time. Now we know that an extra bottle is mandatory for after the service.

#4. Careful selection is need when choosing which students are allowed to hold the baby. Extra loud students, hyper freshman girls (who like to "overbounce" him until he spits up all over their shirts), and the guys who like to use babies as footballs are all banned.

It is definitely a learning experience, but we know he'll grow into it:)