Ethan is going to start crawling. He's scooting right now. If we put something that he really wants (a remote, cell phone, etc...why do babies love those so much?!?), he will get on all fours and slowly but surely make his way to the desired object. Half the time is spent on his tummy or with his head smushed into the floor, but he does eventually get there. He's not crawling, yet...it's more like a sea lion's belly flop in super-slow-mo. But he's right there, and you can tell that he's going to figure out the knee-hand-knee-hand thing soon. He moves them now, but in no particular order yet.
I'm hoping he'll hold off a couple more days. Jim just left for Boston and won't be back till late Friday night. It'd be great if he can be here for the first real crawls! :o) But E's already got a mind of his own, and the kiddo is really determined to get this motion thing figured out, so we shall see!
As far as new foods, he had plums and apricots late last week, and I finally got him to eat the carrots I made on Monday, but only if they are mixed with his cereal. That's the only way he'll eat peas, too. We also got him some little baby finger-food stars over the weekend. He grabs them but forgets they're in his sticky little hands until he goes to grab something else and the star snack is in the way. He's not wanting to eat them yet, but mom and dad think they're yummy. We and Daisy have eaten more of them than Ethan has!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
New Stuff
This blog is serving as a baby book of sorts, so I feel obliged to note that Ethan has had several new foods this week: On Wednesday, he had pear and raspberry baby food...1st raspberries. Thursday, he had some instant potatoes and chewed on a french fry (didn't actually eat it, though.) Today, he had peach, oatmeal, banana baby food and some beets mixed with his rice cereal. Beets...talk about a colorful mess!
Today, he also had his 2nd flu shot (babies need it in 2 doses). He ran a fever with the 1st one but seems a-ok this time.
Today, he also had his 2nd flu shot (babies need it in 2 doses). He ran a fever with the 1st one but seems a-ok this time.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Being a Mommy
Ethan didn't like the carrots I made, but he likes jarred carrots. He didn't like the green beans I made, so I decided to try giving him the jarred version for dinner last night. At first, he was having none of it. But then I mixed them with a little bit of oatmeal, and he started scarfing them down as fast as I could give them to him! I was on the phone with a friend and I was excitedly telling her what a little green-bean-eating champ my son is. Oh, what a proud momma!
As soon as I finished praising my son's love for a new veggie, he put me right back in my place. All the green beans, oatmeal and water he'd had for dinner made their way back up. His face, his bib, his clothes and his high chair were covered in yuckiness! And what does the kid do?? He *grins* at me and opens wide for more green beans!! Yeah, right!
Today, dinner went much more smoothly. I was leery, but I decided to go ahead and try the green beans again. They stayed down...woo hoo!! After dinner, Jim and I decided to put on a bubble show for him. He was not impressed, but Daisy had fun trying to catch them, and Ethan got a kick out of watching her.
It really is amazing to be a mom. I bundled Ethan up in his sling today and we went for a walk in the neighborhood. He is so much fun to watch! Everything is so new and exciting to him. We walked past a stop sign, and his eyes were riveted to it until it disappeared around a corner. A school bus and a Fed-Ex truck passed by, and he got all excited when he heard their loud engines. Later, he was playing with some toys on the sofa, and he was so cute, I just had to cuddle him. He started to laugh, so I tickled him to keep him laughing. His little face just lights up and those giggles are the best sound in the world. I don't have the words to describe how much I love him and how he makes me feel, but I know all of you who are parents totally get it. It's just amazing!
Hee, he just sneezed a little baby sneeze in the other room, where he and Daddy are getting some quality alone-time. But it's way past time for bed, so Mommy's gotta go help him settle down. I can't say it enough...I looooove this kid! :o)
As soon as I finished praising my son's love for a new veggie, he put me right back in my place. All the green beans, oatmeal and water he'd had for dinner made their way back up. His face, his bib, his clothes and his high chair were covered in yuckiness! And what does the kid do?? He *grins* at me and opens wide for more green beans!! Yeah, right!
Today, dinner went much more smoothly. I was leery, but I decided to go ahead and try the green beans again. They stayed down...woo hoo!! After dinner, Jim and I decided to put on a bubble show for him. He was not impressed, but Daisy had fun trying to catch them, and Ethan got a kick out of watching her.
It really is amazing to be a mom. I bundled Ethan up in his sling today and we went for a walk in the neighborhood. He is so much fun to watch! Everything is so new and exciting to him. We walked past a stop sign, and his eyes were riveted to it until it disappeared around a corner. A school bus and a Fed-Ex truck passed by, and he got all excited when he heard their loud engines. Later, he was playing with some toys on the sofa, and he was so cute, I just had to cuddle him. He started to laugh, so I tickled him to keep him laughing. His little face just lights up and those giggles are the best sound in the world. I don't have the words to describe how much I love him and how he makes me feel, but I know all of you who are parents totally get it. It's just amazing!
Hee, he just sneezed a little baby sneeze in the other room, where he and Daddy are getting some quality alone-time. But it's way past time for bed, so Mommy's gotta go help him settle down. I can't say it enough...I looooove this kid! :o)
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Shutterfly is (mostly) current
Ok! Finally got most of our holiday pics up on Shutterfly! Please see the link to the left to access our collection. It is password protected, so please e-mail me at mlbutcher "at" gmail.com if you need the password!
We haven't uploaded any January pics yet (except for New Year's day...in the Holiday 2007 album.) We'll probably wait and do the rest all at once at the end of the month. :o)
We haven't uploaded any January pics yet (except for New Year's day...in the Holiday 2007 album.) We'll probably wait and do the rest all at once at the end of the month. :o)
Our weekend so far
Grammy Mo is in town. Yesterday, we went and got her a car seat base for her new car, and then we went to a playgroup buddy's 1st birthday party at a local park. Ethan was really tired and it was kind of chilly out, so he stayed in his sling during most of the party. But he enjoyed watching everyone and literally hanging out with us.
Jasmine, the birthday girl's mommy, provided snacks for grown-ups and for babies. One of the other moms recommended that Ethan try these funny Gerber apple-flavored wagon wheel crisps. We handed it to him, but he was more interested in just looking at it, so we packed it away and brought it home with us. Last night, right before dinner, we gave it to him again. Once he stopped examining it and started gumming it, he went nuts! He was a complete mess, but he had so much fun feeding himself and getting all sticky! I think we'll have to get some of those for him. That treat had corn and a bunch of other chemicals that he's never had before, but he seemed to tolerate them ok. And like Jim says, he's eventually going to start being exposed to all of that junk eventually, anyway. Still, I'd like to limit his chemical intake as much as possible while he's so little.
For breakfast this morning, I gave him a new organic baby food...apples and blueberries. He had already eaten sweet potatoes and oatmeal, so he didn't eat much of the new food. I think he was just full and ready for his morning nap, though. I don't think he was reacting against the blueberries, but we'll give it to him again at dinner and see what he does. So, now he's playing with Dad while we wait for Grammy to get pretty so we can go do stuff. We may go look at houses/neighborhoods for her upcoming move to Austin...not really sure what the plan is yet. Anyway, that's what we've been up to!
Jasmine, the birthday girl's mommy, provided snacks for grown-ups and for babies. One of the other moms recommended that Ethan try these funny Gerber apple-flavored wagon wheel crisps. We handed it to him, but he was more interested in just looking at it, so we packed it away and brought it home with us. Last night, right before dinner, we gave it to him again. Once he stopped examining it and started gumming it, he went nuts! He was a complete mess, but he had so much fun feeding himself and getting all sticky! I think we'll have to get some of those for him. That treat had corn and a bunch of other chemicals that he's never had before, but he seemed to tolerate them ok. And like Jim says, he's eventually going to start being exposed to all of that junk eventually, anyway. Still, I'd like to limit his chemical intake as much as possible while he's so little.
For breakfast this morning, I gave him a new organic baby food...apples and blueberries. He had already eaten sweet potatoes and oatmeal, so he didn't eat much of the new food. I think he was just full and ready for his morning nap, though. I don't think he was reacting against the blueberries, but we'll give it to him again at dinner and see what he does. So, now he's playing with Dad while we wait for Grammy to get pretty so we can go do stuff. We may go look at houses/neighborhoods for her upcoming move to Austin...not really sure what the plan is yet. Anyway, that's what we've been up to!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Dinner Adventures
Today was Ethan's 7 month birthday, by the way. He tried homemade green beans for the first time today. Apparently, he likes those as much as he liked my homemade carrots. :o( Have pics of him making some cute very but upset faces at my green beans...will upload and post later.
His Grammy Mo is in town, and she got him some of those mesh feeding spoon things. I put a banana in there, but after the green bean debacle, he went on strike and wouldn't let anything else into his mouth...not even bananas.
His Grammy Mo is in town, and she got him some of those mesh feeding spoon things. I put a banana in there, but after the green bean debacle, he went on strike and wouldn't let anything else into his mouth...not even bananas.
Why won't he nap?
I don't understand...when I'm tired, all I want to do is sleep. Ethan, on the other hand, will be exhausted, rubbing his eyes and yawning and fussing...but lay him down for a nap and he's all smiles, raspberries, and coos. All he wants to do is talk to Mommy and play! He's almost 3 hours overdue for his morning nap, and he's fussing and rubbing his eyes as I type. I'm going to go try this nap thing again. Wish us luck!!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Welcome!
I've been meaning to set one of these up for months so that y'all can keep up with Ethan and see how fast he's growing:
He'll be 7 months old on Friday...already! Our baby is getting so big. He's about 17 pounds now, based on our home scale.
He got his 2 bottom front teeth the week before Christmas, and he's been sitting on his own since the Saturday before Thanksgiving. He's getting up on hands and knees now, but he hasn't figured out what to do next. He'll be crawling soon, though! We need to get to babyproofing!!
He started eating rice cereal at 4 and a half months (doctor's recommendation) to try to help him with his constant spitting up. It didn't really help, but he looooves to eat, so we started introducing veggies. He started on peas, then carrots and sweet potatoes. He was ok with peas at first, but he hates them now and will only eat them if mixed with something else. He started fruits a few weeks after veggies. I think we started with apples, then pears and bananas. He's not so crazy about pears and apples, but he loves bananas! So does Grandma Ofie, if I remember correctly...right Mom? This past Sunday, we got him some baby Oatmeal, and he's liking the new cereal. He'll be eating Cheerios soon!
I've also been making a lot of his baby foods. I prefer to feed him organic foods, so it's much less expensive to just make them rather than buy jarred ones. I've made sweet potatoes, acorn squash, carrots (he didn't like my carrots...threw them up!), and bananas. I just made him some apples, pears and beets, but they are in the freezer right now. I hope he likes them!
So far, Ethan is a very social baby. He needs lots of interaction and always wants to be held. He's getting a lot better about needing to be held now that he can sit up to play. But when he's sleeping, he needs someone right there with him or else he gets upset and won't sleep. We're working on that, but it's been tough on all of us! But overall, his need for interaction has made him into a really sweet, friendly kiddo. He's a big flirt at his playgroup, and we get lots of comments from strangers about how cute he is because he's constantly smiling at and talking to everyone. He wants to engage them...he's a real charmer!
Bedtime, so more later!
He'll be 7 months old on Friday...already! Our baby is getting so big. He's about 17 pounds now, based on our home scale.
He got his 2 bottom front teeth the week before Christmas, and he's been sitting on his own since the Saturday before Thanksgiving. He's getting up on hands and knees now, but he hasn't figured out what to do next. He'll be crawling soon, though! We need to get to babyproofing!!
He started eating rice cereal at 4 and a half months (doctor's recommendation) to try to help him with his constant spitting up. It didn't really help, but he looooves to eat, so we started introducing veggies. He started on peas, then carrots and sweet potatoes. He was ok with peas at first, but he hates them now and will only eat them if mixed with something else. He started fruits a few weeks after veggies. I think we started with apples, then pears and bananas. He's not so crazy about pears and apples, but he loves bananas! So does Grandma Ofie, if I remember correctly...right Mom? This past Sunday, we got him some baby Oatmeal, and he's liking the new cereal. He'll be eating Cheerios soon!
I've also been making a lot of his baby foods. I prefer to feed him organic foods, so it's much less expensive to just make them rather than buy jarred ones. I've made sweet potatoes, acorn squash, carrots (he didn't like my carrots...threw them up!), and bananas. I just made him some apples, pears and beets, but they are in the freezer right now. I hope he likes them!
So far, Ethan is a very social baby. He needs lots of interaction and always wants to be held. He's getting a lot better about needing to be held now that he can sit up to play. But when he's sleeping, he needs someone right there with him or else he gets upset and won't sleep. We're working on that, but it's been tough on all of us! But overall, his need for interaction has made him into a really sweet, friendly kiddo. He's a big flirt at his playgroup, and we get lots of comments from strangers about how cute he is because he's constantly smiling at and talking to everyone. He wants to engage them...he's a real charmer!
Bedtime, so more later!
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