B unfortunately caught his first bug which laid the entire household out sick for 2 weeks. Just when he was sleeping through the night without too much hassle or training, it all went to shambles. May need to tweak his daily routine to support later morning wake ups (he's up 5/6a and ready to go, argh), him lasting longer in the afternoons and most importantly, learning to sleep on his own again. At the moment, he still needs 3 naps in the day and sadly, rocking to drift to sleep, else, he'll get quite cranky. Besides this relapse, there's much to be thankful for. Feels like he's growing by leaps and bounds every day:
- Proud owner of 2 bottom front teeth! :D Ironically, his first tooth came the day after his 6 month celeb
- Sitting steadily upright, rocking back and forth on his tummy, scoots backwards, moves in a circle with his legs and arms, basically can't stay still. Crawling soon?
- Fascinated with his fingers, loves to touch, enjoys finger rhymes/games, being tickled esp on his feet and tummy. Also continuing to learn basic baby sign language
- Loves swimming but our condo pool isn't the best for infants. May sign him up for Aquaducks instead
- Loves swimming but our condo pool isn't the best for infants. May sign him up for Aquaducks instead
- Goes to weekly playgroups now with similar aged infants from my condo complex and our local meet up groups. We take turns to host at our homes. I'm looking forward to other parent and child activities for us too, including Reggio Emilia discovery at the Blue House. Quite keen to expose him to this environment
- Saying consonant combo strings now: babababa, googaa ... still no mama though :(
- Food purees tried so far: avocado, chicken, asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, onions, potatoes, spinach, sweet beans, radish, apple, pear, blueberry, plum, mango, papaya, chickpeas, beetroot (not such a fan on the last two tho!)
- Started weaning. 50% mommy, 50% formula milk now. Ahhh... it's really quite manageable now, though I will still try to gradually decrease (vs cold turkey!)