7 Months!!

Oh my! I know is say this every time but time is flying by so fast. I catch myself looking at newborns and thinking "oh look at the baby". I know technically E is still a baby but it sure doesn't feel that way.

Weight- 19lbs ~yes it is safe to say that I have a chunker on my hands.

Feeding- Ahh his feedings have been so crazy this month. I have played with several different things trying to get him to take his milk but I think he is about over formula. Yes I know that he needs formula and I do my best but the only time he will drink all of his bottle is first thing in the morning and right before he goes to bed. During the day I may get him to drink 2-3 oz. Maybe I should cut back on the baby food, IDK. Right now he is taking 4 bottles a day. 7oz in the morning and at night and like I said his two during the day he may drink 3 oz each. He is still eating baby food 3 times a day.

Sleeping- I don't think I will be posting this anymore because it pretty much stays the same. He sleeps through the night and takes 2 naps a day. He still doesn't nap for very long in his crib, he usually wakes up after 45 min. For his afternoon nap I usually get him up and cuddle on the couch just so he will sleep another hour. This saves us from a melt down around 6:00. Again probably not the best thing to do but I don't know how to make him sleep longer in his crib.
~ I just want to say a big THANK YOU to the time change because E is now going to bed at 8 and sleeping until 7. We actually can go out and eat after 5:00 now thank goodness. I also love sleeping until 7 as well :)

Milestones:

Not much change since last month. Especially since I didn't get finished with last months post until a week and half ago ;)

• He is sitting like a pro now. He also goes from sitting position to tummy and pushes up on his arms so I am happy to at least see some signs for crawling. Although, I am in no hurry to be running around like a chicken with my head cut off making sure he stays out of everything.
• He is doing better with the sippy cup but still doesn't seem to have a lot of interest in it.
• He has added bu bu bu and da da da to his babbling. Which of course we translate as bye bye and da da.
• He stayed in the nursery for the first time this past Sunday. He no longer wants to nap during preaching. Instead he likes to talk and scream. He also is started getting more scared of things. On this particular day he did not like the music.

I'm not sure how good Easton is going to be at making friends if he does not get over grabbing people's faces and hair. Every kid we have come in contact with he goes straight for the face and hair and most of them cry. Except for his friend Aiden and oddly enough he seems to like it, he goes back for more. They were destined to be best friends ;)

My sweet, beautiful son is starting to get a Josh Faile attitude/temper as well. And if you know Josh Faile you know that that is not a good thing ( I love you hunny:)) Today we were at the pediatricians office and he was sitting in the floor chewing on the diaper bag. Every time I reached into the diaper to get something he screamed bloody murder, like he was saying " Hey woman that's my bag, don't touch." Yep I'm in for it.

Speaking of the pediatricians office, we went because he has been broke out for 2 weeks with a rash on his back. We have come to find out that he has eczema :( The good thing is it doesn't seem to bother him.

OK now for the fun part- PICTURE TIME!!

6 Months....Already??

Wow this month has been a rough one. It started out with Josh having a week long migraine, which of course means I now had to take care of two people. We finally get Josh better(after 4 doctors visits)  and poor Easton comes down with a cold. This is the first time he has been sick and I felt so bad for the little guy. He was coughing, sneezing, and running a fever. This lasted about 4 days, at least the worst part of it, he still has a little cough. Easton started feeling better and then I caught his cold. Uggh I was miserable, but guess what, a mommy does not get sick days. Well I guess I got one because my wonderful in-laws took care of Easton for a day and let me rest. I slept for 16 hrs and boy did I need that. I started feeling better but I also caught up on all the sleep I had been missing since E was born. THEN..... you guessed it .Josh caught our cold! We are now finally all better after a month of sickness, not to mention Josh got food poisoning in the middle of all this too. Well on to Easton's six month check up. Another 4 shots for him, that's all the shots for a while thank goodness.

Weight: 17lbs 12oz.

Height: 27 in.

Feeding: 4 bottles 5oz each. Baby food 3 times a day.

Sleeping: 2 naps during the day and he sleeps from 7:00 to around 6:00 the next morning.

Milestones:

• He is sitting up. He still topples over occasionally but he is doing a good job!
• We just started drinking out of a sippy cup yesterday. He hasn't quite got the hang of it but we will keep working on it.
• OH the big one.... He said Mama! I do have this recorded, I have never posted a video but I will see if I can. I know at this age they say they only babble and sometimes it sounds like familiar words but there is no denying he said mama as plain as day. He also says Hi. Again this may be gibberish but I am going to roll with it...........tried to download video and couldn't get it to work :( 
• He has also started going to sleep on his own during nap time. Before I would have to rock him or walk with him to get him to sleep but now I am laying him down awake and he goes to sleep on his own. It really wasn't all that bad training him either. The first day was no fun, he cried for an hour. The second day he cried about 25 min, the third day 15 min, and by the 4th day he laid there about 10 min and finally went to sleep. That is about what he does every time, it takes him about 10 min to get to sleep and he usually doesn't cry at all now.
• He started sitting in a big boy car seat, he can ride in the buggy now, and he sits in a high chair. I am thankful we don't have to drag that car seat around everywhere but my little man is growing up so fast  :(

Other big events that happened this month:

Easton was dedicated to the Lord on February 5th. We were all very proud of him, he was such a good boy. Both sets of grandparents, his great grandparents, aunts and uncles, and even some cousins came to watch. It was a great day!

Then the next day February 6th, Easton had his tongue clipped. I was a nervous wreck, but again he did wonderfully. It only took about 15 min and he cried for a few minutes and it was all over. It did not seem to bother him at all.

Here he is in his hospital gown

                                          Play date with his friends Aiden and Karsyn

                                                      First time riding in a buggy

                                                       Trying out the sippy cup

                                                     First visit to the park!!