Jaws II

Playing with leaves

We've been very busy this week getting ready for Thanksgiving and for Arthur's dedication. I can't tell you how many times I've been to BJ's in the past two weeks. There's always something else I think of!

Arthur has a little cold but it's getting better. There were about three days worth of sneezing and a runny nose but he seems to be on the mend.

His two teeth are getting bigger every day. Now they can be seen when he opens his mouth, smiles, or his eating. His face was flushed again today which makes me wonder if any of those top ones are going to follow soon.

75,000 Christmas Photos Later

This isn't the one we're picking for our holiday cards but you get the idea of what we've been trying to do. They're all cute and we're happy with what we ended up choosing for the cards.

The past few days have flown by. After Arthur sprouted his teeth, he seemed to calm down a little at night. He's been waking up once in the wee hours but he usually just fusses and cries a little bit then goes right back to sleep. On the nights he really wails, one of us has been soothing him. It's really nothing like last weeks up every hour sort of stuff. I'm glad he's not in as much pain.

His new thing today was "I don't want to eat dinner." This is very strange for him because as you can tell from the broccoli photo, he gets excited about everything he's tried so far. We've added chick peas (shells skimmed), pears, and green beans and he's still enjoying himself. Tonight's anomaly made me wonder if he had a sore throat but he seemed fine after that and played with his piano for a very long time. I'll check it tomorrow but I imagine it was just an isolated incident.

The next week and a half will be a flurry of getting ready for Thanksgiving and Arthur's Dedication. We're very excited about both but a little nervous about pulling off two "mass-feeding events" as we like to call them, within a few days. We're both excited about Arthur getting to meet some family members and friends he hasn't seen before.

O.k., he's awake. I'm going for a listen. Goodnight!

Second Tooth

Where there was one, there are now two. Today, while feeling around to see how tooth #1 was doing, I felt tooth #2. I still can't believe how quickly they broke through the gums. I only had one day of calling him "fang". Guess I'll have to start calling him "chomp".

First Tooth

We are always surprised by our little guy! He has the six teeth coming in on top, which is weird in and of itself because babies normally get teeth on the bottom first, and not normally six at once. But when the pediatrician pointed out the six teeth coming in on the upper gums, they were kind of hard to miss.

Wouldn't you know today he cuts his very first tooth....on the bottom! I couldn't believe it. There has been no bottom gum swelling, no visible bumps, and no indication that teeth were coming in there at all!

Right now it just is a ripple-y sharp white edge but it's very easy to see and feel. I wasn't expecting it to just be "not there" one day and "there" the next. It's such a fascinating thing!

It just reaffirms the many reasons why I believe that babies are "going to do what they're going to do when they're going to do them." You just never know...

6 Month Checkup

The pediatrician told us that Arthur is in the 50th percentile for height and weight, which is exactly average (Half of the babies are bigger and half of the babies are smaller).

She also said though that judging by the size of his very large thighs, she would have thought he weighed more. Laugh! Ever since he started growing, he's had those chunky thighs. They're very fun to squeeze.

Arthur is also getting 6 (yes 6!) teeth on the top gums. I only saw four little white bumps under the gums but after it was pointed out, I could see all of them. In a way, I hope they come in all at once because although painful, he will get a big chunk of it overwith. I hate seeing him so uncomfortable.

So here are the stats:

Height: 26.5 inches
Weight: 17 lbs
Head: 17 inches

He's grown nearly 8 inches since he was born and has gained just over ten pounds. We were very glad to hear that he's right where he should be.

B is for Broccoli

I really think that we could grind up raw snails and feed it to this child and he would still be very excited. As you can tell by his expression, we're going to have no problems with the green veggies for a while. He's happy with the peas, avocados, asparagus, broccoli. He has no problems with the orange ones either...sweet potato, squash, pumpkin, carrots. Of course he gets his fruits too..banana, apple, peach.

I try very hard to grind them fresh as much as possible. The broccoli above was just thrown in the food processer. It just looks so much better than the jarred stuff. We have been using the jars though for convenience when we're travelling or for when Arthur is with a caregiver.

We're very excited for his doctor's appointment tomorrow when we get to learn how tall he is and how much weight he's gained. I guess that he's about 25-26 inches tall and about 16.5-17.5 pounds, but we'll see tomorrow!