Myles turned 6 months today. What a big boy! His first tooth came in last weekend and the one next to it is coming in still as well. Blessings and good luck continue to flow. Today at church, a lady gave us 2 bags of baby clothes, a diaper genie, a new boppy cover, some shoes and a newish rocking horse.
She had been carrying it around in her car for a bit, unable to meet up with the girl she last gave stuff away to. I'd met her once before when I was 7 months pregnant and her son was little. I went on bedrest and never saw her again until today. Now her son was 16 months and when I mentioned that Myles wears 9 to 12 month clothing, she brightened up and said, I've got stuff in my car for you. Her son's always dapper, so I knew it'd be good stuff. Sure enough, Myles got some great swag. I took it home and Mark was confused that going to church looked like a shopping spree. He separated out stuff that was too small and that we didn't like and there was such cute stuff. A lot Gap and Children's Place cuties. About 5 hoodies and cardigans, 7 pairs of overalls (that we liked enough to keep), several footed sleepers, 2 pair of jeans, several onesies, etc. But the rocking horse was great. Myles is too small for it, but he's going to love it. The dogs sniffed it furiously.
She had been carrying it around in her car for a bit, unable to meet up with the girl she last gave stuff away to. I'd met her once before when I was 7 months pregnant and her son was little. I went on bedrest and never saw her again until today. Now her son was 16 months and when I mentioned that Myles wears 9 to 12 month clothing, she brightened up and said, I've got stuff in my car for you. Her son's always dapper, so I knew it'd be good stuff. Sure enough, Myles got some great swag. I took it home and Mark was confused that going to church looked like a shopping spree. He separated out stuff that was too small and that we didn't like and there was such cute stuff. A lot Gap and Children's Place cuties. About 5 hoodies and cardigans, 7 pairs of overalls (that we liked enough to keep), several footed sleepers, 2 pair of jeans, several onesies, etc. But the rocking horse was great. Myles is too small for it, but he's going to love it. The dogs sniffed it furiously.
Here are Myles' current stats. He's 20 lbs, 28" (my measurements, not official pediatric), 9 to 12 month clothing, size 4 diapers and 2 bottom teeth. He can sit up fairly well but still sways and falls over after a bit. He seems like he's just a week away from being able to sit unassisted. He can roll over to his side, and has gone from his back to belly once, and has done the reverse more often, but he still doesn't roll over often. He's said mamamamamamama and now moved on to dada last week. Today he was doing some type of click talking like some southern African language. He also might be finished with reflux and milk allergy. His digestive system seems much more mature. He puts up with rice cereal, actually likes oatmeal cereal, loves bananas, is just okay with apples. We're going to try some light colored vegetables next, although his first go 'round with sweet potatoes was not good. Now that he's used to food, I'm going to retry it. But there is a very funny video of me trying to feed him sweet potatoes at 4 or 5 months. He was too young and uninterested so I ceased and desisted until a couple of days before his 6month birthday, per the World Health Org's recommendations anyhow. Timing worked out well. Just as his system's getting strong enough to handle protein in my milk, he's finally interested in eating food. He ditched the pacifier at 3 months and got a little stinky with the bottle as well, but he's learning to take the bottle again from Mark, and then only if we use the cheap, basic bottles we used for baby shower games. The special Playtex ones we'd been using, he refuses outright. He'll also just drink from a cup, but that take forever! He's not figured out the sippy cup yet, either.
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