Jonah - 6 months

I honestly can’t believe that my baby has made it to the half way mark of his first year of life. Where has the time gone? It’s been mostly spent taking care of him but lately I am much better at the juggling act of parenting. I actually have time to clean the house, run errands and get other stuff done. As where before it seemed like a never ending to-do list and things that needed to get done that just weren’t getting accomplished.

I can remember when Jonah was first born and I was so overwhelmed that I was actually shopping Mother’s Day Out programs when he was 3 weeks old! Haha. I was already looking for a way out. It took ‘til about 6 weeks and I grew out of that. We originally planned on enrolling him this fall into an MDO program. Over the summer Drew asked me if we were going to go register him and I told him, “NO!” He was shocked that I had changed my mind and asked my what changed. I told him….”He’s like my little buddy and I don’t want to leave him in the care of strangers!” I could see the relief on his face.

Having children is SO overwhelming and until you get the hang of it, you are honestly dealing with someone that doesn’t have their wig on straight; as my mother in law would say. And that is the truth! Jonah is now at the fun age where he giggles, laughs, plays and is so much fun. I enjoy every minute….well I don’t enjoy watching him cry after shots, but everything else is a blast.

He has really started noticing if I am around or not. Before I could leave him in the living room in his excersaucer and run into the kitchen to get a cup of water, lunch or do dishes – but now he’s starting realizing I am not there and crying. It’s actually a really nice feeling when he cries, because he loves me SO much that he can’t bear to be away from me for even two seconds. Usually I just talk to him from the kitchen, reassuring him I am not leaving him forever, get whatever I need done and go back to him and sing or make him laugh. If that’s the worst problem I have, my son wanting to be with me; I think I have got it made.

Jonah’s actual 6 month ‘birthday’ was on Thursday. Andrew and I decided to throw him a mini celebration. I let Jonah know that this would be the only ‘half-birthday’ we would be celebrating. To me 6 months is a pretty big milestone age wise and developmentally, so I felt like it deserved a party. So we got him so a few outfits, sippy cupps, fruit feeder and a few other toys and things that were age appropriate and took lot’s of photos. I will attach some of the photos below.

Friday, Jonah went in for his 6 month well visit. I was very excited to talk to the pediatrician about stating foods, etc., but I was NOT looking forward to his shots. Seeing my baby cry and in pain, kills me! We got lots of great information and left ready to start food. He’s been getting cereal for a couple months, but I was very excited to embark on vegetables. My game plan is simple – buy organic, frozen fresh veggies to make his food. Start with the grossest green veggies first (in an attempt to get him to try everything and not get a preference over another food), try them for about 5-6 days to ensure no allergic reactions, then work my way through all the different vegetables, then venture into fruits.

So Friday at lunch, I decided that we would start with peas. I personally HATE peas and so does my husband. I figured this would be a good jumping off point. I don’t think Jonah likes peas either. The look on his face was priceless. He didn’t even want to swallow them. So I decided to give it up for that moment and try again later. We tried again at dinner and basically same thing, so this time I mixed a little cereal with it and he decided he would eat that.

Saturday came around and we tried again with the peas and this time he threw up EVERYWHERE. So it looks like maybe he might be taking after his mom and dad on this one.

He’s also been sitting up by himself and scooting on his tummy. He is so close to crawling, I can see it. We got him a walker and he can scoot it backwards! It’s really funny to see him moving around in that thing. I am just in shock I have a baby in a walker. This is nuts to me, considering it feels like I just had him yesterday.

Jonah is such a hard worker and has so much drive. You can see on his face that he really wants to do something and he gets frustrated at times when he can’t do it. He’s so complex for such a little guy!

Well that is enough for now. Enjoy the pictures! :)

My big 6 month old

I am 6 months old!

Is that cupcake for me?!

He loved the paper more than the gifts

This tastes yummy! (Better than the peas mom!)