Catching Up Part #8

September....
I was really bad, and wasn't keeping up your baby book at this time, so I can only write what I had on the calendar.

September
"You Are Growing Up Too Fast!!"

This month I started teaching you to use a sippy cup at dinner when you have your water. YOU LOVE WATER!! You are very melodramatic and choke on your water all the time. I have to teach you to take 'little sips'.

You love avocados, mangoes, yoghurt, peaches, and peppers (some of the many foods we tried this month). You DO NOT like fish!

You are starting to say lots of ma ma ma and da da da. Mostly da da da.

You love playing pat-a-cake. When I go to clap your hands, you bring your hands up in the air very excitedly hoping that, by chance, my hands may actually hit yours.

You love your Banana toy, and of course, you still love your Monkey.

At night time, you sleep with Monkey, Blue Bear, and Blankie.

You aren't really rolling much anymore. You'll roll in bed back to front, but rarely ever in the living room. You never roll front to back anymore. I think you are happy to just sit and reach for things. Hmmmmm.

I've been getting you slowly ready for Daylight Savings Time ending. Considering that you actually wake about 30-40 minutes before 'the day starts', and I sure don't want you waking at 5:20 or 5:30am, I thought I'd get your routine moved up a half hour this month and a half hour next month. That way, when the clocks go back, you'll be back at 7-7 again.

Up to the beginning of September, you've tried, rice cereal, pears, carrots, apples, sweet potatoes, green beans, zucchini, turnips, oats, peaches, and parsnips.

Since you don't have a history of deathly allergies in your family, I've stepped up food introduction this month to 2 foods every 3 days. You seem just fine. With peppers, I introduced them alone because I react to them.

Your naps this month are usually 9:30am for 2 hours tops, another nap 2.5 hours from when you last woke until 3:00pm. Your bedtime is 7:30pm.

Your feeding times are usually, 7:30am (bottle and breakfast), 11:30am (lunch/ no more bottle once protein was introduced), 3:00pm (bottle), 5:30pm (dinner and water), 7:00pm (bottle).

This month, I finally found you back-up Monkeys in case yours gets lost or destroyed one day.

Here's your day
E - 7:30am
A - after the feed
S - 9:30am (for no more than 2 hours)
Y

E - 11:30am
A - after the feed
S - 2 hours from when you last woke
Y

E - 3:00pm
A - after the feed
S - nope, you phased out you catnap at 3.5 months
Y

E - 5:30pm
A - after the feed, bath, naked tummy time, bottle at 7:00pm, stories, cuddle
S - 7:30pm
Y

Here's the quick run-down of September...

September 3rd, 2006 - We went to the PNE with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Paul, Brocky, Auntie Kim, Ryan, Daddy, and I. You were wonderful, of course. You loved all the excitement! You stayed up LATE!!

September 4th, 2006 - You tried avocado and barley for the first time.

September 7th, 2006 - You tried mangoes and peas for the first time.

September 8th, 2006 - You turned 6 months old! You big boy!

September 9th, 2006 - Auntie Kim (and the rest of the family) babysat you all day while mommy and daddy were at Auntie Jen's wedding.

September 10th, 2006 - You tried cauliflower and chicken for the first time.

September 13th, 2006 - You had your 6 month check-up, and you tried broccoli and yoghurt for the first time.

September 14th, 2006 - You are learning how to pick up cheerios.

September 15th, 2006 - Today you had your 6 month shots. You are 17 lbs, 8 oz. Daddy went in for your shots with you. Mommy just can't take watching you cry like that.

September 16th, 2006 - You tried lentils and asparagus for the first time.

September 19th, 2006 - You tried wheat and cheese for the first time.

September 22nd, 2006 - You tried brown fish and rice for the first time. You DO NOT like fish!
- Today we went to Carter's in the States with Auntie Erica and Jack.
We had fun!

September 25, 2006 - You tried bananas and potatoes for the first time.

September 28th, 2006 - You started your Kindermusik, Zoom Buggy class today. You loved it!

By the end of the month, you are feeding yourself finger foods like rice cake, cheerios, and shredded cheese really well.