A 6-Month Update

I really need to post this 6 month update before Mateo turns 7 months!  LOL.  I think my biggest disappointment this month is that Mateo is still not sleeping through the night.  In fact, he still wakes up twice in the night and sometimes three times a night.  I can' believe it's been half a year since I've had a full night's sleep (OK so I did when I was on vacation, I just like to sound dramatic).  I go back and forth between mental frustration and patience:  "Why won't you just go to sleep?!" and then "It's fine, take as much time as you need.  You're my baby, and I love you."

My attempts at various sleep methods are just as mixed from coddling him to sleep, to crying it out, to hoping that starting him on solids would keep him full through the night, to keeping him up later before bedtime (~9:30pm), to finally moving him out of our room and into the nursery.  As you can see, nothing has really done the trick.  I really don't have much faith that the 7-month update will be any different, but I do have hope that I will be wrong about that.

But enough of my complaining, there have been a lot of milestones this month too!

Mateo's 6-month Tidbits:

And we have teeth!

Mateo's favorite foods are banana, sweet potato, and Baby Mum Mums crackers

Uses his walker now, but only goes in reverse and lasts 10 minutes, tops

20.5 lbs in his 6-month check in

The most hilarious thing ever is when Mama blows raspberries on his tummy

Sits very comfortably with his Boppy pillow and is therefore a little more independent and easier to manage

Likes to move objects on the Ipad screen (Cause & Effect)

Has taken a liking to Qori and aunt's dog Mokee

Mama's 6-Month Tidbits

Sleep-deprived

Has decided to start exclusively pumping since Mateo's teeth have come in

Pumping about an ounce less milk per pump than last month (Mateo receives supplemental formula)

Thought it was over, but hair continues to fall out

New hair growth as evidenced in the tons of baby hairs that stick straight up in pony tails.

Tummy stretch marks are slightly faded

Could probably stand to lose a lb or two in the gut area, but won't really start an exercise routine until Mateo is a little more hands-free

Trying to eat more healthy, and sucking out loud at taking vitamins

Hoping to be awake for the 7-month update! - Shirley

4-Month Update!

It's been 4 months!  Where has the time gone?  At first I was counting down the days to when you would sleep through the night, and now four months later I've gone back to work and you still wake up about 1-2 times in the night.  But honestly, I'm happy to have survived the first few months of sleepless nights.  1-2 times in the night?  Piece of cake!

Ma-TAY-to's 4 Month Tidbits:

You weighed 17lbs at your 4 month check-in!

I put you in a Carter's 9 MONTH one-sie the other day... fit you like a glove...  9 months!

You're above the 90's percentile for weight, height, and length

You go to sleep around 9 pm and wake around 7 am (with a couple wakes in between)

You like to grasp things and prefer to put cloth toys vs. hard toys in your mouth

You flirt...  look directly in people's eyes and smile your dimpl-y smile

You have a proud smile on your face when you bear your own weight on your legs

You prefer being in a carrier vs. a stroller (which is opposite of what Mama likes)

Your warning-cry sounds more like you're chuckling to yourself (then you start to wail!)

You love when people play with your feet

You love watching your big brother at play

Sometimes you fall asleep crying; like when Mama puts you in the crib to cook dinner

You're not sure what to make of wind (you take a deep breath and tense up when a gust blows)

You suck your hand and Mama wonders if this is a sign for future thumb-sucking

You are not the best car-baby.  Aren't babies supposed to fall asleep in cars?  Not you!
You're much more tolerant of bath time than your brother was!

 

 

 Enjoying the precious moments! - Shirley