I gave the bun his first really bubblicious bubble bath recently and the reaction was super gratifying. He didn’t really notice anything was too different until his duckie disappeared under the bubbles and he discovered that splashing the water made the bubbles go away and come back. He liked this game so much that poor duckie remained under the bubbles for quite a while – forgotten.
and remains confused by them. Enough said. FTR, these ones were J’s idea.
After a good 3 months it was a “normal” saturday in our part of the town. Although in Durham, its not really going to cool down until November, this saturday was still cool and overcast enough that I put the Bun in full pants and a long sleeved shirt.
Here’s my baby enjoying his 9th month!
Pay special attention to our unintentionally matching outfits. What can I say the boy just gets good taste from his mother 😉
We had another milestone this week. Now this one isn’t in the baby books and I’m pretty sure my pediatrician doesn’t care about it a whit, but it was a big moment for me and most importantly for the bun! He sat in the shopping cart at target all by himself. I had to strap him in and I think I’m going to cave and buy one of those shopping cart pads but it was so bizarre to be pushing this baby around who was sitting dangling his legs through the little plastic cutouts.
Its so strange to stare at this baby who is now sitting, babbling and acting like…you know… a real baby and say- “Wow he is mine!” Some days, some moments, I feel like I’m watching someone else’s life. Its like an out of body experience….a great one!
Ride on Bun! Pretty soon, its going to be trikes, and bikes and cars!
Gymboree lied to me. Not Gymboree maybe but a Gymboree book. It was a book of baby games that I brought from the library. It lists age appropriate games for babies and it highly highly highly recommends a pillow mountain for babies who are just starting to scoot or do the little butt wiggle to crawl. The baby in the gymboree was just laughing and laughing trying to climb his pillow mountain while his mom looked on fondly! This is what my baby did
A few Friday’s ago J, Bun and I headed out to one of our favorite summer activities in Durham. During the summer The American Tobacco Campus has live free music from 6-8. This lovely grassy area is surrounded by bars and restaurants and families bring picnics or get takeout from the nearby restaurants. Its also a great time to hang out at Tyler’s beer garden and sample delicious beers. Usually, this is a group outing for us, with friends or my parents but this friday, it was just the three of us drinking beer {formula for some.. ahem} and sampling the new flavors of loco pops when we just decided to take some pics. These are some of my favorite
We were in dire need of a high chair. He had outgrown his bebe pod and was dragging it across the table. Also we were running low on baby containment devices in our living room. Enter clearance high chair from target. This was bigger and bulkier than what I wanted but Ikea was out of the one I wanted and if I couldn’t go sleek and modern, I was going big!
He loves sitting up high and looking around the living room.
Bun turned 6 mos on Jun 14th and i nearly lost it, the last 6 months seemed to have flown by. We went in for our 6 month check up bright and early in the morning and while bun snoozed in his car seat in the waiting room, I struggled to deal with how he would never be the wrinkly, angry little new born again.
I made myself feel better by deciding that I’m going to try to do one of those one a day photo projects, only I need to make the bun my subject. I don’t really know if I’m going to stick to only him but I’ve been very good about getting a picture a day. Sometimes they are really low res camera phone pics, but who cares, the cuteness spills out everywhere anyway. Is this overly self indulgent? yes? But its my blog….so I can post all the cute baby pics I want.
My boobs and Similac had a long war, Boobs won the first round, but Formula eventually won. I know I said getting Breastfeeding going was one of the hardest things I had to do, but it turns out letting go of it is harder. Also, this is my first lesson in letting go, where Avi will not need me as intensely as soon as formula is established
We started the transition to formula this week. I am still breastfeeding but I have replaced one daytime feed with formula and I’m supplementing the 10 o clock feed with formula as well. I decided after a lot of gut wrenching soul searching to do this for a few reasons.
1) Avi is in the 10th percentile for his weight, which is really low and at his last check up he was just at the borderline for gaining enough weight. As much as I want to exclusively breastfeed, I cannot deny my child food and the opportunity to grow and thrive
2) I can pump, but it yields ridiculously little amounts for the time and anxiety it yields
3) he would have to transition to formula anyway and doing it before I go back to work is easier so that its less truamatic for me, Avi and my mom who will watch him
4) I want him to be happy and healthy and I want to enjoy these last few of maternity leave with him rather than being an anxious mess.
5) My kiddo has no problems with formula yet and is happy to guzzle it down.
So, this whole thing is a lot harder on me than Avi and letting of my hard earned milk supply is hard so we are doing it slow. I’m going to try to breastfeed when I’m at home from work and at nights for as long as I can but the general consensus seems to be that once you start the formula,my supply will go away. This is so hard for me to let go, to dwell on the fact that my little guy is becoming a little more independent but I know its going to be for the best.
So all you mamas out there who get to exclusively breastfeed your child please know that I’m a little envious and also please please enjoy it, there really is no better feeling in the world than feeding your babe!
Okay, long weepy rant over. Now off to bath time
Things I miss
– Long showers
-Sleep
– Clean shirts
– Having styled hair
-Sex
-The library
-Shopping
-Finishing dinner/email/tv show/laundry….insert any activity here
-My brain
-updating my facebook status
-Leaving the house at one go… I now alwasys have to go back in for something baby related.
Sure I’ll think of some other stuff too
Avi looking at me like I’m his world makes all the above insignificant
Orange You Grape 