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I’m off to check it out some more
The baby is almost 6 months old now and there have been so many wonderful changes! He’s so alert and just into everything. He loves to look around and explore. He LOVES people. He’ll turn and smile at anyone who passes by.
He looks so much older than he is, so people often mistake him for an older baby. He can’t crawl yet and he can only *almost* sit up. There have been instances where my husband and I have to hold our breath because we’re worried that other people don’t quite understand that he’s still really little and needs a lot of support.
We’ve moved into a new home, which is really the best thing for the baby. Now he’ll have his own house to grow up in and explore. Of course, because he’s getting to the point where he’ll be ready to crawl around we’re going to have to really baby proof the house!!! This is nerve-wracking to me! I keep getting visions in my head of him grabbing and choking on something. I think it’s time for me to review the baby heimlich and CPR…
I am going to be posting a lot more because it really is so important for me to keep a record of my baby’s first year!!! Stay tuned!
The little guy is five months old now and the changes are amazing! I just can’t believe how much I love this little guy. Here is a (small) list of the wonderful things about my baby:
- He always has a smile for me. Even when he had a 102 degree fever he would take the time to turn and smile at me.
- He LOVES to bounce. His favorite thing in the world is his Jumperoo where he can bounce, bounce, bounce the day away.
- His night time noises. He often coos at night. Sometimes he snores. Both are cute!
- His little tiny toes/lips/ears/fingers/everything
- The fact that he recognizes me so easily. If I laugh across the room he turns to see where I am and to smile at me
- I love our days together. I’m so blessed to be staying at home with him and working online!!!
- His fascination with the world. He doesn’t miss a thing and is interested in everything he sees.
- The fact that he sleeps 8 hours!!!
- The unconditional love is priceless, I will always love him and he will always love me.
Ohhh, there are too many to list. I am having the best experience as a first time mom!!!!
Now that the little guy is almost three months old, we decided to take him for a stroller walk around town and through the shops. There is the cutest little baby store there, and it took all of my strength not to go nuts!
He needed some socks, but I COULD NOT resist the toys. I think this will be my downfall as a mother. I like the toys just as much as he will/does. I can see it now…”Mommy can I have that new toy?” Hmm…”Ok!”
I ended up getting him Octivity Time by Lamaze
It was marked for three months old, but I didn’t really think the little man would like playing with it just yet. I was wrong!!! He grabs at it and laughs and laughs. There are 10 functions on the toy for the baby to grab and feel, it’s really neat.
Oh boy, I think I’m in for a long addiction. I’m already planning what I want to get him for Christmas!
How do you keep from spoiling your children?
My baby’s pee and poo seems to have righted itself. It must have been a result of something I ate, or my total change in diet while we were on vacation.
I, of course, have found something else to worry about. My little man has been crying a lot more often. He’s not exactly inconsolable, we are able to calm him down for periods of time. However, he seems to get “bored” with whatever he’s doing and then begin to fuss. He’ll still have his smiling sessions with us, but the crying has increase 3X as much as he used to cry (it used to be only when he was hungry).
We’ve taken his temperature and it does not seems just fine. I can’t find anything that might be hurting him. I don’t want to call the pediatrician again. There has to be a balance between worrying all the time and doing the right thing by calling the doctor. My husband doesn’t think it warrants a call yet, well keep an eye on it.
Have any of you noticed this in your babies? Leave me a comment
My baby’s fever didn’t go beyond 100.5 last night, and the pediatrician just said to keep an eye on it. I was very worried about the little guy because he was sweaty and just didn’t seem like he felt well. The fever wasn’t high enough to go to the emergency room (we checked with the pediatrician), so we went to bed and I got up periodically to check on his temperature. It went down instead of up which was a good sign. I did give him Infant Tylenol drops, which I won’t do next time. I think it was a first time mom mistake! I was concentrating on getting him to feel better when I should have been making sure his fever didn’t spike too high naturally! The ped. told us to give him the Tylenol, but things I read online later stated the importance of monitoring the temperature without medicine.
Anyway, I called the office and took the baby in this morning. Everything came back wonderfully as far as they could tell. We are supposed to still monitor him, and he’ll have to undergo testing if the fever gets too high (101 degress F). They think that he may have picked up a little virus that he’ll get over in no time.
As a first time mom, it’s so hard to see your baby hurting. He can’t really express himself other than to cry, and it’s the saddest sound I’ve ever heard. It’s different than the hungry cry or tired cry. It is a sound unto itself. I just want to do all that I can for him, but don’t feel like I can do enough.
Here is a link to my favorite site discussing what to do if you suspect your baby has a fever or is ill. Dr. Sears really has very sound medical advice, but of course calling your own doctor is the most important thing.
My baby is about 7 weeks old. For a 7 week old, everyone says he’s exceptionally strong! This was put to the test when we visited my parents last weekend. He was being held by his grandpa, when he put his feet down and pushed up hard. My dad was a little surprised, but the baby seemed to enjoy himself so they made it into a little game. The baby would play the “standing game”, being supported, but using his full strength in his little legs to push up. It was so cute! He looked like a little standing man. He’s also turned himself over already and can fully hold his head up. I think he’s ready to hit the gym any day now 
I just hope he doesn’t grow up too fast!
I always say that when my baby cries it is like a have a “Spidey” sense. On my husband’s days off from work he takes the baby downstairs and lets me sleep in a little. Even if I happen to fall into a deep sleep, with the door closed and air conditioning on, I can still hear the cries of my baby.
This phenomenon really makes you think about the biology that is wired in us as mothers. The bond is so deep, down to our innermost workings. The cry of my baby breaks my heart. I’m glad it’s there, even so. It tells me what my baby need, and when he’s sad. I want to do everything in my power to make it better.
As long as my Spidey sense stays in tune, I can attend to my baby’ needs. That is, after all, how God intended it.
I’ve noticed that it takes a very short time to get to know your baby. You learn their noises, facial expressions, and movement. You notice things that other people don’t notice, because it’s your baby, and as a mother you are super in tune to their needs and wants.
My baby is 6.5 weeks old, and it is so amazing to note the changes that are taking place each day. He has discovered his voice and now loves to make cooing noises. I never tire of hearing these noises and it is so neat to see the development taking place.
Of course my favorite development has been the social smile. Nothing has melted my heart faster than those smiles. He does it more and more often now, every day we’ll have a few *smiling sessions* and I can’t imagine anything more perfect that that.
He’s also growing and developing those cute little baby fat folds on his arms and legs. I look at pictures we took soon after the birth and compare them. It is so amazing that so much has changed in such a small amount of time.
Everyone will tell you that the time with a child passes so fast, and they often spout the cliched “They grow up so fast”. I’m finding that’s so true. I want to pause this time in my baby’s life and live in it forever. It is absolutely the best time in my entire life. If there is a meaning to life that people so desperately search for, this is it.
I remember being very worried during my pregnancy that I would give birth to my son too early or that he would be a low birth weight baby. I prayed and prayed this wouldn’t happen as low birth weights open the door to all sorts of medical problems for babies.
I was fortunate enough to have the opposite problem and gave birth to my son who was over 9 pounds! He was as healthy as can be and scored a 9/10 on the Apgar! I know that I am a very lucky momma. Check out to find out how you can help those mommas and babies who aren’t so lucky.
I have a friend that I used to teach with that was born at 25 weeks gestation and was 1.5 pounds. It’s amazing to me that babies can survive such a trauma. But then I think about the sad news reports you hear about the babies who aren’t so lucky. Today I just felt like counting my blessings and praying for those little babies out there.
