Happy Birthday Nana!

 
 
 
 

Gabe celebrated Nana's birthday tonight at the Grey Stone. He's such a good boy!

9 Months Old!!!

 

We have a crawler

Well the weekly updates are a thing of the past :) Now that Gabe is crawling, there is very little "down time"! Around 7 months, he started crawling like a fool! He can move across the room very quickly. He is also sitting on his own and babbling. He says baba, dada, mama, and all sorts of other things. We like to think he knows he's saying dada and mama but we're not sure yet!

28 Weeks

Okay, taking a break from the scrapblog...

Gabe is now 28 weeks old. We really can't believe how big he is!

He had his 6 month checkup at the pediatrician and he weighed in at 17.3 pounds and 27 inches long. He is still in the 75th percentile.

He is army crawling around like crazy and can gain some serious ground very quickly. He isn't quite sitting up alone yet but he can sit with some help.

We think he's still teething even though no teeth have emerged :)

He's now tried quite a variety of foods:
Butternut Squash
Bananas
Sweet Potatoes
Apples
Green Beans
Peaches
Oatmeal
Pears
Carrots
Mangos
Sweet Peas

27 Weeks

26 Weeks

25 Weeks

I'm just starting to work with scrapblog.com so please excuse any "rookie" mistakes.
I think it's a fun way to give weekly updates.

At 25 weeks, Gabe is more fun every day. He is really starting to "talk" and we really look forward to his first words.

He's still eating solid foods - loving green beans and making faces at peaches and pears!

24 Weeks

Since the AAP recommends exclusive breastmilk for
the first 6 months and Gabe has been growing quite
sucessfully from drinking that alone, we waited until
24 weeks to give him any sort of food.

He is DEFINITELY ready, always watching us eat
and wanting to put food in his mouth.

We want him to have a healthy diet and not love junk
food like we do :) We realize that as he gets older he will
want to eat a cookie or a french fry, but for quite some time
only healthy things will enter his little body!

If he can only fit a certain amount of food, we want it to be
nutritious!

Well we started with butternut squash. I made it and mixed
in a little breastmilk so there was something familiar. It gave
him the chills. We figured it was mean of me to start him with
butternut squash when he would have clearly enjoyed a yummy
banana more. See below, that is not the case, haha!



We tend to think that he's just unsure of all food
in general. I read somewhere that babies have to try
each food 10-12 times before they develop a like or dislike.

Part of what we'll feed him is fresh food in a puree form (we
also have some jarred food which will also work just as well
when I don't have all this spare time to make his food!).

We are also going to incorporate some Baby Led Weaning.
This is where you give the food to the baby and they
explore/eat on their own. It was fun to watch but just like
the butternut squash, the bananas gave him the chills!

23 Weeks!

Gabe is really getting big. It's crazy how large
he is compared to when we brought him home.

What's new this week is he is always playing with his
feet!

Also, Gabe has started to sleep in his crib. See picture
below for rationale.

We really prefer him in with us but he's getting too big!

He's doing better every day and I think it's harder on
Mommy & Daddy than Gabe!

22 Weeks

We have a belly sleeper! Gabe has been trying
to sleep on his side/belly for quite some time now
but he's really on the belly most of the time.

It makes mommy incredibly nervous but I know he
can now push himself up on his hands, so I try to relax!

He also is discovering his feet. His feet are coming
up to his mouth quite a bit and he likes playing
with them.

He's also sleeping unswaddled as of this week.
We didn't feel comfortable keeping him in the
Woombie on his belly.

He's so big and sweet!