Easter

We visited Grammy, Grampy, Auntie Alison & "Uncle" Steve Parr yesterday. We had a good time & Robbie was really well behaved. We brought the pack 'n play with us so that he could have some good naps, he slept for 2hrs while over there =)

Here's Grampy promoting alcohol at such a young age! (Actually Robbie really liked chewing on the cork)

Robbie REALLY liked gnawing on the cucumber. I took out all the seeds so he could suck the juice out of it. We let him chew on it a little too long & he broke a piece off but we caught it in time. =)

Naps

His naps is a little wonky at the moment. He use to have 2 or 3 naps depending on the duration of each of them, his first nap of the day (around 9 am) would last for at least 2hrs (a couple of days ago he went 3.5hrs!!) Yesterday he had 3 naps that were all 1 hr - 1.5 hrs. Today he had a nap around 9:30 and woke up an hour later, we went & did our grocery shopping and by the time we got back we had been gone for 2hrs so he was due for a nap. Nope... the little guy didn't want to sleep. I brought a 6oz bottle into his bedroom thinking he didn't want to go to sleep on an empty stomach (couldn't have been empty because he ate 6oz of milk, banana, papaya & whole wheat cereal before we left for the grocery store) So he guzzled the 6oz bottle down & I put him back to bed. He moaned & whined and kept on going for 15mins until I went in there. There he was on the opposite side of the pack 'n play and facing the opposite direction and looking up at me with a big smile.

He finally went down for his 2nd nap.... after about 5hrs of being awake! Holly cow! I think he's trying to go from 3 naps to 2. He's sleeping through the night now, which I'm thrilled about! I'm catching up on sleep I never knew I had lost.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter & we hope to see everyone soon!

New Foods

Well we tried pears for the 3 days to make sure he doesn't have any kind of a reaction and now we're on to the next fruit.... papaya! I was in the process of defrosting a cube when a realized that I was all out of rice cereal (he usually has rice for breakfast and oatmeal for dinner) so we decided to give him whole wheat! I know, you're not suppose to introduce one than one thing at a time.... blahblahblah. If he has some kind of reaction we'll stop both for a day or two and then re-introduce them individually to see which one affected him.

He seems to like the whole wheat more than rice! Which is good because I'm sure there's more nutrients in the whole wheat. He seemed to really like the papaya too, he didn't make the regular sour face and was quick to open his mouth again once he got the initial spoonful. But he doesn't smack his lips or give any kind of happy face with any of the food I give him, maybe he's not savouring the tastes? Who knows! At least he's eating everything I put on his plate =)

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Pears

Pears went well. He did the same thing as he does with all his other foods, he puts on a sour/tart face for a split second and then his facial expression goes blank. He ate about 2Tbsps of it, so he didn't dislike it... but there wasn't much excitement over it. I set up the video camera, in hopes to capture the moment, but it doesn't seem to be working. When I put it on the camera setting all I can see is black and white lines in the little monitor as well as through the viewing lens. I can watch the tape that's in it... but I can't record. Pooey.

He knows how the mirror works!

It's pretty poopy outside so I started taking pictures of the little monster. He has discovered toilet paper & he's figured out that if you keep whacking it, it'll keep spinning... won't be long 'til I find him in a mountain full of TP! He met the door stop (the spring kind) as well, wasn't too thrilled with it. He grabbed it, gave a good pull and then let go.... the sound startled him & he proceeded to cry hysterically.

Slacking on solids

We've had such a crazy month I've been really neglecting Robbie's exposure to new foods. Now that all of our stuff is FINALLY over here & the old house is cleaned and done with, I can go back to introducing my little guy to different foods. We are in desperate need of food anyways so once he wakes up from his nap I'll feed him & then we're going to go on a big grocery run. Here's some new goodies I'm going to try & pick up:

papaya
avocado
pear
kiwi
tomato
yams
zucchini

You know what's funny... I've had 2 out of the 7 that's listed! I had to go online & research what I'm suppose to look for in these ripe fruits & veggies! I can't believe how picky I am!!

I was going through my baby cookbook and they have a whole new section for 7 months (yes, I realize he's almost 8 months) Looks like you can find me in front of the stove these next couple of days! The book says that @ 7 months babes can eat uncooked fruit that can be mashed. It also suggests adding unsweetened fruit juice to the fruit to make a fruit salad, I'm not keen on that idea... I've been told that fruit juices can lead to dental problems in the future. My thought process is that if it's not necessary, than I won't do it.

I'm also going to try & give him a sippy cup w/ water during his meals to help wash it down (once I can find it tucked away in one of the boxes). Depending on the food and consistency he sucks his fingers or bib to get more saliva so help get things down.

I'll keep everyone updated on the progress.

Oats

Yesterday afternoon I poured a bunch of rolled oats into a little tupperwear bowl and took Robbie out onto our patio. We sat down & I let him play with the oats! He put his hand in the bowl and wiggled his fingers around and was quite intrested with this new texture, he lifted his hands out of the bowl and tried to put the oats in his mouth but they all fell through the cracks of his fingers and back into the bowl. So he sat there and giggled for a little bit & then dumped the whole bowl onto the patio! Daddy was shaking his head at us because of the mess we made, but it's ok... it's oats! I figured the birds would enjoy some oatmeal but I was wrong.. the squirels seemed to have found the oats first!

Robbie got a big kick out of watch the squirel munch away on the oats, the squirel was really close to us so he got a good luck at him. I'm surprised we didn't scare it away, Robbie was banging on the window so hard out of excitement!