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Best Laid Plans

This past month has been pretty busy for us. I lowered the crib mattress, cleared my coffee table, and my dad installed a gate at the bottom of our stairs.

That's right! William's gone mobile. He's crawling, trying to stand, and trying to pull up. Luckily for me, he's not very fast yet, so I have a little more time before I have to grow another set of eyes.

He has 5 teeth and I will tell you that we all have felt every one cut through. William wakes every 2 hours at night for at least a week when cutting a tooth. I end up just nursing him all night because I am too tired to stand up and bounce. Probably not good for sleep training.

He doesn't take a pacifier, and really hasn't had a bottle but a few times so we have started with a trainer cup. He likes it so far, and I am hoping to go from nursing to a cup at some point around a year. It stresses me a bit that I have absolutely no idea how it is all going to work out. I am hoping William takes the lead on this. His doctor says he will cut back his nursing to 5 times a day..at some unknown time. He's eating solids 2-3 times a day. His current favorites are chicken and rice, green beans, and squash.

I don't really even know what to say about his sleep patterns because there doesn't seem to be one or I am just too tired to figure it out. There were a few nights this month where he slept from 8-5, and I enjoyed 8 hours of sleep. However most nights he's up after 5-6 hours and some nights he's up every 2-3. I haven't tried any sort of sleep training yet. Our doctor says that sleeping through the night means 4-6 hours at a time, and that babies could still be hungry in the middle of the night up to the age of 9 months. So I am waiting until then to try to sleep train (I think).

Apricot Oat Bars

I made these awhile back but just never got around to putting up the recipe. Let me just say this. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even those that are labeled for snacks.

These I will call anytime apricot oat bars. Eat for dessert, eat for breakfast, eat for a snack, eat anytime..just because they are that good. I guarantee you will love them all day long.

If you happen to have any left over pop them in the freezer. They taste just as good as the day you made them. If only I could take credit for the recipe...(got it from Food Network...Giada never disappoints me).

Apricot Oat Bars Recipe

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/apricot-oat-bars-recipe/index.html

6 1/2 month Doctor Visit

William's stats for this visit.

Weight:17 lbs 12 oz

Height: 27 1/4 in

Head: 44 1/2 in

Everything looked good the doctor said and William got his last round of newborn vaccinations. He ran a fever again and was very unhappy yesterday. But this morning he's back to his happy self.

From Swaddlers to Cruisers

Did I mention I love this age? This has to be my favorite stage so far. William is so sweet and I just can't seem to get enough of him. He loves to look at books, play with toys, and is trying to crawl already! I have to admit I was a little sad yesterday when I bought Pampers Cruisers for the first time. He's up on all fours now, can scoot, and roll. It won't be long now before I am chasing him around the house. I guess I have to start cleaning my floors again :)

As for food, I am still nursing and we have introduced quite a few solid foods. Rice Cereal, Squash, Sweet potatoes, Peas, Carrots, Bananas, Apples, and Green Beans. He really liked the squash, the sweet potatoes, and the green beans. The banana and apple introduction was funny. He scrunched up his nose and made a "this is gross" face. And he has three teeth (all on the bottom).

We finally got a big belly laugh out of him yesterday. His laugh is the best sound I have ever heard. My heart swelled with joy.