I’ve realized I haven’t been doing good with keeping up with
the kids and their growth and development. Mostly, this is for me so I can look
back on J
Can’t believe this little boy is 7.5 months old!
We had his 6 month check up on New Year’s Eve. He is doing
great and is right on track.
He weighs 19 lbs and measures 27 inches long.
He had been sick a little bit in December with a runny nose
and cough.
He’s enjoying eating solids- bananas, squash and sweet
potato are his favorites. He doesn’t really eat the puffs all that well, so
we’ll try again in a few weeks. He is now on a full diet of formula as I have
decided to throw in the towel with breast feeding. I wish I could have done it
longer, but very happy and proud of myself for going 7.5 months. My supply just
wasn’t adequate for him and because it was a stress to try to keep it up. He is
constantly in the scooting position, but we have yet to see that step forward
into crawling. But we are so close!!!
He is always smiling and giggling all the time. He’s
starting to talk more and more- he likes the sounds of his little voice. He is
rolling everywhere. More than Sage ever did. He can roll, spin around and gets
himself to where he wants to be.
He is down to about two naps a day and goes to bed at 8:30pm
and wakes around 6:30am. He sleeps through the night- every once in a while he
wakes up and needs to be rocked to sleep (but that only is about 10 minutes).
He can reach for his own pacifier and put it in his mouth (just like Sage).
He is always looking at Sage and often finds her funny (I
mean, who doesn’t!) He loves watching Mickey Mouse with her and taking baths
together.
Sage is still the same with Evan- loves on him when she
feels like it. If we force it, she doesn’t want any part of that. Actually, she
is VERY stubborn when we request or force her to do something. I think once
Evan is crawling or walking, she’ll have more interest in him. But we’ll see!
I give a 1,000 kisses a day to Evan. I think that is all I
do- I hold him and kiss his cheeks!! He is in 12 month clothing- a big boy! His
hair is growing in and it’s a dark blonde and straight- I have yet to see a curl in it. He's got the cutest little chubby hands and feet! ohmygoodness- those are my favorite :)
Sage is doing great! She is talking so much more now. I can
understand what she is saying and she repeats her phrases all day. She says
“Bye” in the cutest way. She loves to wash her hands and dry them when I ask
her to. She is doing a good job on brushing her teeth each night (getting those
front ones is our biggest challenge, but somehow we can do it!) She loves
wearing her blue slippers and then
“spinning”. She knows her alphabet and counting up to 10! She knows her
shapes and colors too. She loves to color, often calling it “colors”; she’ll
spend a good 30 minutes quietly coloring. She is just pure fun!! Brad and I
have noticed that we have to let Sage do her own things, her own way for it to
be successful. The end result is always the same, but Sage has her own way of
doing things and we’ve been trying to really let her do it all. I’ve noticed
with this new approach, how independent she is. It’s so fun to watch her, take
her time with things, like brushing teeth, changing clothes, etc. In the past,
we’ve always been in a hurry to get it done. Now, I don’t care how long it
takes- because she is accomplishing it all on her very own.
She is still a picky eater- she loves her sandwiches,
breakfast bars, oranges, mac and cheese and spaghetti! I love playing with her
hair- every morning, I brush it and braid it or put it up. She still loves to
watch Mickey Mouse and Little Einstein’s, but we’ve also added in a new cartoon
called Super Why! When she giggles, she puts her hand up to her mouth. When we ask her to listen, she'll cup her ear so she can hear. She is learning all her animal noises and her favorite is still saying a cow "moooooooo".
She goes to bed at 8:30pm and loves sleeping in her little toddler bed. We read a few books and then say goodnight.
She goes to bed at 8:30pm and loves sleeping in her little toddler bed. We read a few books and then say goodnight.
We are loving these two ages of the kids! Evan is so easy
and so happy! And Sage is so funny and silly!
That’s what keeps us busy every day!
