November 06, 2006: 6 and 7-month update
At his 6-month-appointment Ivan was 16lbs 10 oz and 27.5 inches. He is a pound lighter than Veronika was at that time, but one inch longer. Still a tall one.
He's started to eat solids, cereal, sweet potatoes, bananas... the usual fare. He wasn't very impressed at first, but now, he is totally into it. He gets so excited about food he bounces in his seat and shakes his arms and pumps his legs - it's quite hard to actually put a spoon in his mouth. He also loves to chew on bread and pizza crusts, which keeps him happy for more than 5 minutes, which again I'm very grateful for because he has so many reasons to be cranky. For starters he is only 7 months old, then he can't walk, he can't even crawl, his mother doesn't know what he wants at every minute of the day, she sometimes leaves the room (!) and does not hold him all the time... the list goes on and on. You can see his life is complicated.
His love for standing has turned into obsession for walking. Unlike Veronika who had to be taught how to put one foot in front of another, he seems to have learned that in the womb. Whether he's lying down or sitting, as soon as you grab his hands, he turns into a flat unbendable piece of body, because no matter what you had in mind HE is walking, thankyouverymuch. Yeah, my back hurts. Other favorite pastimes are chewing on paper, playing with real objects and Veronika's car. All other toys last about a minute.
The sleeping... has not really improved. For a while I tried letting him cry in little spurts because he woke up so much at night and I was getting little sleep with him in bed, but we gave that up, because while it worked initially he ended up in these fits and was generally much quicker to whine and cry during the day as well. So we concluded it was too much stress on him and went back to just soothing him back to sleep. My hope is now that he will get older QUICK and just learn how to stay asleep. He's still a fairly good napper. The other day Lincoln gave him a bottle of formula while I was a work because I haven't had time to pump much lately - after some initial doubts, he drank the whole thing!
My favorite thing is still his smile. He is so happy to talk to us or just watch Veronika's antics. His face splits up into cute lips, dimples and cushy cheeks. Add to that his funny hair sticking up in the air and he is irresistible.
Posted by mama at 09:55 PM