Your Achievements!

22^nd of April 2011 (6 months and 4 weeks)

Hi Noah!

I’m taking some time while you’re napping to write to you. It’s been such a long time but I feel no real guilt as I’ve been constantly talking to you during the day (OH and you reply!). However, I do want to put some of your milestones in here, so that one day, you hopefully read this and know what you did and when you did it. 

Starting to coo: In December…So when you were about 3 months old, you really started to coo and to do it loudly!

 

Able to stand up while being assisted: January 25^th (5 months). Daddy would hold you and you would be able to stand up and even mimic walking. 

Able to sit: January 29^th (5 months). You were able to sit on your own without falling. 

Starting to crawl (able to crawl with hands but unable to move legs): February 17^th (4 months and 3 weeks). You figured it out pretty fast. You would go from trying to crawl to sit! (super cute).

Stand up without assistance (but holding yourself on furniture): 7^th of March (5 months 2 weeks). We left you in your bassinette (highest level) and we came back to find a suicidal baby ready to jump out of it. Heart attack….

Eating and crawling: 16^th of March (5 months and 3 weeks). We gave you some cantaloupe and broccoli though baby lead weaning (you eat by yourself) and you were fine. However, you didn’t eat too much, so we decided to try purees for a while and then we’ll move into BLW. As for crawling, you just woke up one day and you were able to crawl. Yeah, you even got better at it now…

Teething: 20^th of April (6 months and 4 weeks). Dad and I noticed a white bump on your gum on the beginning of April. However it went away. It wasn’t until the  20^th that your Godmother and grandma noticed a tooth cutting in. It’s your left bottom front teeth. 

First words: Around 4-5 months. When you were upset you would say “mamamamamamama.” Eventually you also learned to say “mum” “Dada” “Gaga” and a whole bunch of new words and syllables. 

Sleeping without needing us there all the time: Mid 6 months. And let me tell you, it’s very appreciated!

As for breast milk: you are still being breastfed exclusively.

These are some of your achievements so far. We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see you grow…but please take your time.

We love you Baby!!

Mommy

Finally some news!

27^th of December  2011 (13 weeks and 2 days)

Hey Noah,

I’m sorry for not writing as much on the blog. There is so much to write about. I’m sorry also that I won’t be writing a lot but I am currently holding you. Yep, you fell asleep on my boob- again. You seem to enjoy falling asleep that way and I enjoy it too since I can be at the computer while you’re sleeping.

I wish I could write about all the progress you have done since my last post but I don’t think that will be possible so let’s only talk about the basics. Feeding wise it’s going okay. Only okay because in late November (when you were 2 months old) you got a cold. Nothing big but your appetite dropped and so did your weight. So we had to feed you more often, well actually force you to take the breast because you didn’t want to eat. Then you got your 2 month old shots and you got a more sick. You didn’t react very well. So you wouldn’t nurse during the day, just at night. You FINALLY got better around mommy’s birthday and you started to nurse all-the-time. I can’t complain though, I am happy that you’re healthy. You gained 500 grams since you have been feeling better. Awesome.

Other than that, you started to be able to roll over from your back to your tummy in early December. Now (well today to be precise) you started to be able to roll back and forth. That means you pick your sleeping position! Love that…we don’t have to guess anymore how you want to sleep. Let’s move on to a different topic…sleeping. It’s going very well. We co-sleep and you sleep very well with us. You usually start sleeping around 11h30pm and you wake up around 11h00am…That’s actually great-thanks baby! I really love sleeping with you.

You also started to grab objects. By objects I mean anything. We have to keep you distant from everything. You also started to grab the cat… That’s well, he doesn’t like it.

You’re cooing much more and you’re actually pronouncing some syllables- just not together. To summarize it all, you’ve grown so fast. 

Mommy and Daddy love you very much Noah!

P.S. I am so sorry that I wasn’t able to keep up with this blog. Taking care of a newborn isn’t exactly relaxing hehe. Specially Noah…