7 Months

Can you believe my little guy is 7 months old already? He's learning and growing so much every day. We're "talking" more with la, la, la's, and ba, ba, ba's. He continues to love to stand up. He can now get into the crawling position by himself, start rocking, and then he goes belly flat. I have a feeling he may really start crawling this week. And I bet it'll be on one of the days that both Mike and I will be on our little vacation. We've been using a sippy cup at dinner and it's still going so so. He definitely prefers a bottle. He's doing really well with his rice rusk crackers. Drew has to go back to the doctor this week to get a weight check. I hope he's gained what he's supposed to, otherwise I'm not sure what the doctor will want to do.

6 Months

Weight: 14 lbs. 11 oz. (10th percentile)
Height: 27 inches (70th percentile)


Well, I can't believe it, but the big man is actually 6 months old!! He did a great job at his check up. Got 3 shots. Cried for about 30 seconds and then he was done. the doctor said he's meeting all his milestones. Drew can sit up on his own, grasp things, move objects from hand to hand, hold his head up, and make simple "La, la, la" sounds. The doctor wasn't so thrilled about Drew's weight. He's at/or below the 10th percentile. We have to go back in a month to get weight again. The doctor said he's eating great when I told him how many ounces/bottles he has a day, as well as cereal and baby food. He did suggest using formula to mix the cereal instead of just water. So we'll see if that helps.

He's talking more and more and also loves screaming. I can tell he wants to move so bad, but can't quite seem to get the hang of having his head, shoulders, and butt in the air at the same time. Once we put the butt up, the head goes down. It's a work in progress.

We've tried all the fruits and vegetables for stage 1 foods and Drew ate every single one. He did not like peaches. He LOVES apples and pears. I'm excited to start trying stage 2 foods with him as well as trying the sippy cup in the next month. We'll see how it goes. We've also had our first tooth pop through!!

Drew is sleeping great through the night. Now the past 3 mornings he's been waking up between 5:30 and 6:30. One morning I was able to get him to go back to sleep, the other 2, not so much. Not sure why he's waking up so early. Usually he'll sleep till at least 7 or 7:15.

Ending on a positive note...my brother is coming home from Iraq in about a week, and I should see him within the month. I'm also very excited that he gets to see Drew because the last time Cody saw him was the day Drew was born when Cody just happened to be home for his R & R.

5 Months Old

Well, I can't believe it, but the big man is 5 months old. Crazy how time flies. Some exciting this that Drew has been doing are eating rice cereal. He's done a great job with it. He eats it during lunch and dinner. We started only eating it at dinner for a couple weeks and then added it to his lunch menu. He eats it like a pro. And even got upset with Krisi (babysitter) today when she wasn't quick enough. He's also staying up a little longer after feedings. As long as he has the boppy around him he's getting really good at sitting up by himself and playing with toys. Before I know it, he'll be crawling around the room.



We also tried baby food for the first time tonight. We started with carrots and Drew loved them!! He didn't make any weird faces (which actually disappointed me a little bit) and ate half of the jar. He probably would have eaten more had I let him, but I wanted to take it easy his first time on baby food. We'll probably try green beans Friday or Saturday. Maybe I'll get my sour type face on that one!

A giggle, giggle here, a giggle, giggle there...

This is a video of my cousin's little girl making Drew laugh. This is the first time he has ever hard giggled like this. We were cracking up right along with him.

4 Months and Rice Cereal

4 Months Old

26 "-90th percentile
13 lbs 8 oz- 35th percentile

Well, the little man is 4 months old. Can you believe it? He's changed and grown so much. I love hearing his little giggle and seeing that smiling face. We've even been able to do a little schedule tweaking in the last couple days. We've dropped the little evening nap he was taking which was only for 30 minutes every night. And just tried to extend the times he's awake between feedings which make the naps a little longer sometimes and extends the times between feedings.

We also tried rice cereal for the first time yesterday and I don't think Drew is a big fan of it yet. We're gonna keep trying at dinner time each night until he gets the hang of it. I think I'm just gonna do rice cereal at dinner time for about 3-4 weeks and then slowly move to baby food. Here's a video of baby Drew eating the cereal.

This new mommy needs help.

So I have a question for all you moms out there. Drew will be 4 months old tomorrow and I had thought about starting rice cereal this week since I'll be home the rest of the week from school. Is this too young? We were going to stick with rice cereal for about 3-4 weeks and then introduce baby food around the end of January. He was doing really well sleeping through the night about 3 weeks ago, and ten all of a sudden, the last 3 weeks he's been getting up 1-2 times a night. We don't have to feed him or anything, we are able to just walk in and put the paci back in his mouth and usually he falls back asleep. Sometimes we have to go in a 2nd time about 5 minutes later, but then he falls asleep. I thought it might have been teething, but I've tried orajel before bedtime and also tylenol and he still wakes up. So maybe it's not being quite full enough? Anyway, let me know what you think about starting the cereal this week!! This new mommy needs some answers!

Family Pictures

We got our family pictures done and I have to say, they turned out really well. We only got these two done, but I love them!

Our perfect little present!

The first family picture!

3 Months Old

Supporting my mommy's home state!



I can't believe the little man is already 3 months old. Time has absolutely flown by. We don't go to the doctor again till after Christmas to get more shots, but I may be making an appointment this week. Drew has been fighting his bottles for the last week and it's getting very frustrating. He may eat an ounce and then turn his head quickly which makes the bottle pop out. He'll cry and then suck on the bottle for dear life once it goes back in, turn his head again about 3 seconds later and cry and repeat the cycle. I have no idea what's going on. He was doing great on 5 ounces every 3 hours and then all of a sudden, he barely eats 4 and it's a struggle to get him to eat that four.

My stepmom and stepsister keep trying to tell me that I need to go longer between feedings and that he's not hungry every 3 hours. Well we've tried that. Even after he sleeps through the night, sometimes 10 hours, he still fights the bottle. So it's not that. We tried different formula yesterday and that hasn't helped either. My stepmom says he's probably teething. He is drooling a bit more, but not a lot, he blows a lot of bubbles, but he's not more fussy than normal. So I just don't know. He's also been having major diaper explosions. For 4 days in a row he has exploded out of his diaper. I mean up the back and everything.

If you have any advice on what to do to help ease the frustration of Mike and I and/or help Drew not fight his bottle, it would be greatly appreciated.

His smile makes me melt...

This little man right here just makes me smile every time he looks at me with those big blue eyes!!

Ahhh....sleep...

Well, we've had major success two nights in a row. Friday night Drew slept from 9-7:30. And he wasn't really crying when he woke up at 7:30 either. Just talking to himself. He did the same thing last night, but slept till 8:00. Mike said when he went into get him, he had rolled over onto his back and was just looking around. Drew is also "talking" a lot more as well. He's such a good little baby. He's moved on to eating 5 oz at each bottle. I also can't believe how long he is. He could more than likely wear 6 month clothes for length because those start at 24", he just wouldn't fill them out all the way.